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Palaeogeography around the Harappan port of Lothal, Gujarat, western India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

A.S. Khadkikar ,
C. Rajshekhar  and
K.P.N. Kumaran
K.P.N. Kumaran
Affiliation:
Geology and Palaeontology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004, India (Email: askhadkikar@yahoo.com)
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Abstract

The authors report a reconstruction of the palaeogeography around the Harappan town of Lothal, major port of the Indus civilisation, using multispectral satellite imagery and environmental analysis. Key results include the identification of a broad tidally influenced palaeochannel adjoining the western part of Lothal and a former estuary towards the east. Micropalaeontological analyses show that Lothal developed over a tidal salt marsh and was subsequently left high and dry as the sea level dropped.

Keywords

IndiaGujaratLothalHarappaHolocenesea-levelestuaryremote sensing
Type
Research Article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 302 , December 2004 , pp. 896 - 903
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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