dholaveera is a historical place. explain.

Dholavira (Gujarati: ધોળાવીરા) is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern-day village 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of it. This village is 165 km (103 mi) from Radhanpur. Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization/Harappan city.[1] Dholavira’s location is on the Tropic of Cancer. It is one of the five largest Harappan sites[2] and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization.[3] It is also considered as having been the grandest of cities[4] of its time. It is located on Khadir bet island in the Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary in the Great Rann of Kutch. The 47 ha (120 acres) quadrangular city lay between two seasonal streams, the Mansar in the north and Manhar in the south.[5] The site was thought to be occupied from c.2650 BCE, declining slowly after about 2100 BCE, and to have been briefly abandoned then reoccupied until c.1450 BCE;[6] however, recent research suggests the beginning of occupation around 3500 BCE (pre-Harappan) and continuity until around 1800 BCE (early part of Late Harappan period).[7]

Dholavira

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Part of the excavated site

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Location

Khadirbet, Kutch district, Gujarat, India

Coordinates

23°53′18.98″N 70°12′49.09″E

Type

Settlement

Area

47 ha (120 acres)

History

Periods

Harappa 1 to Harappa 5

Cultures

Indus Valley Civilization

Site notes

Condition

Ruined

Public access

Yes

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Official name

Dholavira: A Harappan City

Criteria

Cultural: (iii)(iv)

Designated

2021 (44th session)

Reference no.

1645

The site was discovered in 1967-68 by J. P. Joshi, of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and is the fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites. It has been under excavation since 1990 by the ASI, which opined that "Dholavira has indeed added new dimensions to personality of Indus Valley Civilisation."[8] The other major Harappan sites discovered so far are Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Ganeriwala, Rakhigarhi, Kalibangan, Rupnagar and Lothal.

It is named as the UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name

It is a historical place as it is a Harappan site.

• It is one of UNESCO's world heritage sites
• It is India's most notable archaeological site related to the Indus Valley Civilization, making it extremely important to the country.
• It is the largest excavated Harappan site in India that visitors may visit.
• It is remarkable and exhibits continuous occupancy at one location for about 1700 years, from the Pre-Harappan to the late Harappan periods.