Karim Shahi
| Location | Rapar Taluka, Kutch district, Gujarat, India[1] |
|---|---|
| Region | Great Rann of Kutch |
| Type | Settlement |
Karim Shahi is an archeological site in the western Great Rann of Kutch, located near Bela Island in the Rapar Taluka of Kutch district, Gujarat, India.[2][1]
Situated to the south of the Thar desert, the dating of pottery and charcoal remains found from the region using optically stimulated luminescence and radiocarbon methods revealed an active human settlement, which flourished from early Iron Age (between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C) to early historic period (600 B.C. to 400 B.C.).[1][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Iron-Age human settlement unearthed in Thar desert". Nature India. 20 November 2019. doi:10.1038/nindia.2019.155.
- ^ Pacha, Aswathi (22 November 2019). "3,000-year-old tale of climate change-induced human migration". The Hindu.
- ^ Sarkar, Anindya; Mukherjee, Arati Deshpande; Sharma, Shubhra; Sengupta, Torsa; Ram, F.; Bera, M. K.; Bera, Subir; Biswas, Oindrila; Thakkar, M. G.; Chauhan, G.; Yadava, M. G.; Shukla, A. D.; Juyal, Navin (1 March 2020). "New evidence of early Iron Age to Medieval settlements from the southern fringe of Thar Desert (western Great Rann of Kachchh), India: Implications to climate-culture co-evolution". Archaeological Research in Asia. 21: 100163. doi:10.1016/j.ara.2019.100163. ISSN 2352-2267.