LOTHAL

Lothal lies 85 km southwest of Ahmedabad. This place near Ahmedabad is an ancient dock belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization. The Indus Valley Civilisation at Lothal Ahmedabad  district  was  a  hub  centre  for  the  Indus  valley  civilisation  when  it  moved  down  from  Sindh  to  the  Saurashtra  coast to  establish  trading  zones. Rangpur  and Lothal, both  around  75  kms  south  from Ahmedabad,  were  among  the first  2  places  where  the  Indus  valley  civilisation  was discovered  in India. The rulers home  is no longer a grand palace, but the foundations show signs of it having been a 2 or 3 storeyed mansion. The rooms of the upper town were obviously built for ruling classes, as they had private paved baths, and a remarkable network of drains and cess pools. An ivory workshop at the acropolis suggests that elephants may have been domesticated for the purpose.

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