The 4,600-year-old woman from Rakhigarhi

The 4,600-year-old woman from Rakhigarhi

Roughly 150 km from Delhi, the national capital, down the Delhi-Sirsa highway, a meandering road leads to the twin villages of Rakhi Shahpur and Rakhi Khas in Haryana’s Hissar district. The narrow, dusty road, typical of small-town India, belies the importance of the place to which it leads — the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi. A plaque here reads that it is the largest site of the Harappan culture. Ninety-nine years after it was discovered, the findings have raised questions about…
Read More…

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/the-4600-year-old-woman-from-rakhigarhi/article68132364.ece/amp/