Chanhudaro

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Chanhudaro is an archaeological site in present-day Pakistan known as a smaller but significant urban center of the Indus Valley Civilization, notable for its craft production and bead-making.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chanhudaro canonical 1
town of Bhambore 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indus Valley Civilization site
archaeological site
countryAtExcavationTime British India
culture Harappa
surface form: Harappan culture
currentCountry Pakistan
estimatedEndDate circa 1700 BCE
estimatedStartDate circa 2600 BCE
excavatedBy Mackay
N. G. Majumdar
hasFeature Indus seals
baked brick architecture
bead-making furnaces
drainage system
kilns
ornaments
planned streets
storage jars
terracotta figurines
weights
wells
workshops
knownFor bead-making
carnelian bead production
craft production
faience objects
seal production
shell-working
steatite bead production
locatedIn Pakistan
Sindh
locatedNear Indus River
materialCulture bangles
beads
copper objects
pottery
shell artifacts
stone tools
partOf Indus Valley
surface form: Indus Valley Civilization
period Mature Harappan period
region Lower Indus region
relativeSize smaller than Harappa
smaller than Mohenjo-daro
significance evidence for specialized industrial activities
evidence for urban planning in smaller Harappan towns
important craft production center of the Indus Valley Civilization
urbanForm craft-specialist settlement
small town

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indus Valley containsSite Chanhudaro
Sassi Punnun featuresSetting Chanhudaro
this entity surface form: town of Bhambore