Rangpur, Gujarat

Excavation

Rangpur culture: Based on the distinct pottery excavated here, it was identified as a separate culture or subculture.

Trail Diggings were conducted by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) during 1931 led by M.S.Vats. Later, Ghurye (1939), Dikshit (1947) and S. R. Rao (1953–56) excavated the site under ASI projects.

S.R.Rao has classified the deposits into four periods with three sub periods in Harappan Culture, Period II with an earlier Period, Microlithic and a Middle Paleolithic State (River sections) with points, scrapers and blades of jasper. The dates given by S.R.Rao are:

• Period I - Microlithis unassociated with Pottery : 3000 BC
• Period II - Harappan : 2000–1500 BC
  • Period II B - Late Harappan : 1500–1100 BC
  • Period II C - Transition Phase of Harappa : 1100–1000 BC
• Period III - Lustrous Red Ware Period : 1000-800 BC.