Dholavira: a Harappan City, Gujarat, Disstt, Kachchh

A series of mounds, located between two rain-water channels viz., the Manhar and the Mansar, is about one Km north-west of the village of Dholavira and covers an area of more than 100 hectares. The remains consist of two parts, i.e., the fortified city and the cemetery. In its heyday, the city was a multi-divisional settlement consisting of a citadel (castle and bailey), a middle town, a lower town, a large stadium, a small stadium and a series of reservoirs surrounding them. All these were set within an outer fortification designed like a parallelogram.