Kunal, Haryana

Kunal
Archaeological Site
Kunal is located in Haryana
Kunal
Kunal
Kunal is located in India
Kunal
Kunal
Coordinates: 29°37.3′N 75°39.5′E / 29.6217°N 75.6583°E / 29.6217; 75.6583
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictFatehabad
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Haryanvi
Time zoneUTC+5.30 (Indian Standard Time)

Kunal is a pre-Harappan Indus Valley civilisation settlement located, just 30 km from Fatehabad City in Fatehabad district of Haryana state in India. Compared to other IVC sites, such as cities like Rakhigarhi and towns like Kalibangan, Kunal site was a village.[1] Excavation at Kunal show 3 successive phases of Pre-Harappan indigenous culture on the Saraswati river who also traded with Kalibangan and Lothal.[2] Kunal, along with its other contemporary sites Bhirrana and Rakhigarhi on Sarasvati-Ghaggar river system,[3][4] is recognised as the oldest Pre-Harappan settlement,[4][5] with Kunal being an older cultural ancestor to Rehman Dheri in Pakistan,[6] which is on the Tentative List for future World Heritage Sites.[7]

Kunal is 12 km southeast of Ratia, 30 km northwest of Bhuna, 30 km northeast of Fatehabad, 70 km north of Hisar, 190 km southwest of Chandigarh, 230 km northwest from Delhi,

  1. ^ "In Haryana's Kunal village, a glimpse of life before Harappa".
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  7. ^ Karez System Cultural Landscape, UNESCO, accessed 10 July 2021.