Bara is a village in Rupnagar District in Punjab, India. The village has mainly two Jatt Sikh surnames Chakkal and Heer and lies on the Rupnagar-Morinda Road at the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about four kilometers south-west of the city Ropar and 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Chandigarh on National Highway 205 (India) (NH-205). [1] Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected with the Indus Valley Civilization.[2] It has some evidence of being home to a culture (sometimes called Baran Culture) that was a pre-Harappan strand of the Indus Valley Civilization.[2] Baran and Harappan cultures may have intertwined and coexisted in some places, such as Kotla Nihang Khan, also in modern-day Punjab.[3]
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Bara | |
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Village and an archeological site | |
Bara Location in Punjab, India Show map of PunjabBara Bara (India) Show map of India | |
Coordinates: 30.9167°N 76.5208°E / 30.9167; 76.5208 | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
District | Rupnagar |
Established | 19th Century (2000 BCE) |
Government | |
• Body | Panchayat |
Population | |
• Total | 1,500 |
Languages | |
• Official | Punjabi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Telephone Code | +91-1881 |
Vehicle registration | PB 12 & PB 71 |
Nearest Cities | Rupnagar, Chamkaur Sahib, Morinda |
Lok Sabha Constituency | Anandpur Sahib (Sl. Number : 49) |
Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Chamkaur Sahib (Sl. Number : 51) |
Civic Agency | Panchayat |
Climate | Extreme hot in summers & extreme cold in winters (Köppen) |
... Bara lies on the left bank of a monsoon rivulet known as Budki Nadi and is four kilometers southwest of Rupar. It is more known for Bara culture than the Mature phase of Harappa culture ...
... there appears to be a continuity of pre-Harappan cultures into the second millennium B.C. at sites in the Sutlej valley and the upper Saraswati (e.g. Bara and Siswal A) ...
... The mound at Kotla Nihang Khan is divided into two sectors: eastern and western. The eastern sector mainly has Urban Harappan pottery like the dish-on-stand, goblets with pointed base, shallow flat dish with flaring sides ... The western part has Urban Harappan elements mixed with Bara Ware from the lower levels. Sharma (1982: 141) thinks that ... initially, in Phase I, the Harappans occupied the eastern area, but with the advent of the Barans ...
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