Kanmer | |
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Archeological site | |
  Kanmer | |
| Coordinates:23°25′4.44″N70°51′48.24″E / 23.4179000°N 70.8634000°E /23.4179000; 70.8634000 | |
| Country | India |
| Province | Gujarat |
| Time zone | UTC+5.30 (Indian Standard Time) |
Kanmer, locally known asBakar Kot, is an archaeological site belonging toIndus Valley civilization, located in Rapar Taluk,Kutch District,Gujarat, India.[1][2]
Indo-Japanese joint excavation at Kanmer was undertaken during 2006 by Institute of Rajasthan Studies, RIHN, JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Archeology Department, Gujarat and Japanese team.[3]
The site was strongly fortified despite being small, perhaps because it may have been located on trade route betweenSindh andSaurashtra.[3]
Rich ceramic assemblage, representing the Mature Harappan culture was found at this site.[3] Three clay seals with central holes, making them pendants, with Indus scripts were found.[4] A large number of bead-making goods — 150 stone beads and roughouts, 160 drill bits, 433faience beads and 20,000steatite beads — were found here, indicating the site's importance as an industrial unit.Agate quarries were also located at a distance of 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the site.[5]
The figures appearing on clay seals and their similarity with those ofMohenjo-daro indicate Kanmer's association with bigger trade centres likeHarappa and Mohenjo-daro.[5]
KHARAKWAL, J.S., Y.S. RAWAT & T. OSADA.(2008) Preliminary observations on the excavation at Kanmer, Kachchh, India, in T. Osada & A. Uesugi (ed.) Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human past (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Occasional Paper 5): 5-24. Kyoto: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
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