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Lothal

On land South & Central Asia

This is a photo of ASI monument number — Abhilashdvbk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where: India
Built by: Indus Valley civilization
Era: 2400-1900 BCE
Known for: One of the world's oldest known dockyards.
How it ended: Floods and the decline of Indus trade.

Lothal Archaeological site. Information plaque by Archaeological Survey of India — Prof Ranga Sai, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: McIntosh, Jane (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives. ISBN 978-1-57607-907-2. Background from http://www2.demis.nl/mapserver/mapper.asp — Avantiputra7, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Background

Lothal (Gujarati pronunciation: [lot̪ʰəl]) was one of the southernmost sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, located in the Bhal region of the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction of the city is believed to have begun around 2300 BCE.

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