Farmana

Farmana
Archeological site
Farmana is located in India
Farmana
Farmana
Coordinates: 29°04′N 76°34′E / 29.067°N 76.567°E / 29.067; 76.567
CountryIndia
ProvinceHaryana
Time zoneUTC+5.30 (Indian Standard Time)

Farmana Khas or Daksh Khera is an archaeological site in Meham block of Rohtak district in northern Indian state of Haryana spread over 18.5 hectares. It is located near the village of Farmana Khas, about 15 kilometers from the Rohtak-Hissar highway and 60 kilometres from Delhi. It is significant particularly for its burial site, with 70 burials, of the Mature Harappan period (2500–2000 BC) and fairly recent addition (excavation started during 2006)[1][2] to Indus Valley civilisation sites excavated in India.[3]

  1. ^ Times of India.10.10.2011 [1] retrieved 29 June 2012
  2. ^ 65 graves point to largest Harappan burial site next door to capital, Indian Express 3 March 2009. Access date 7 January 2011.
  3. ^ Vasant Shinde, Toshiki Osada, Akinori Uesugi (eds.), Harappan Necropolis at Farmana in the Ghaggar Basin, Special Report No. 4 of the Indian Archaeological Society (2009).