● Dholavira, also known as Kotada (which means large fort), is located in Khadir island of the Rann of Kutchch, Gujarat.
●It has two seasonal streams: Mansar in the north, and Manhar in the south.
● It is one of the two largest Harappan sites in India, and 5th largest in the subcontinent.
● It passed through all the stages of the Harappan culture from circa 2900 BC to 1500 BC.
● Town Planning: It consisted of a bipartite ‘citadel’, a ‘middle town’ and a ‘lower town’, two ‘stadia’, an ‘annexe’, a series of reservoirs all set within a fortification running on all four sides
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