Glorious Past: The lost cities of India

10 mysterious lost cities of India

Rakhigarhi Location: Hisar, Haryana Established in: 4600 BC Abandoned in: 1900 BC Discovered in: 1965 AD

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Kalibangan Location: Hanumangarh, Rajasthan Established in: 3700 BC Abandoned in: 1750 BC Discovered in: 1919 AD; by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist, who was working on Ram Charit Manas by Tulsidas

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Lothal Location: Saragwala Village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Established in: 3700 BC Abandoned in: 1900 BC Discovered in: 1954 AD

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Dholavira Location: Khadir Bet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch, Gujarat Established in: 2650 BC Abandoned in: 1450 BC Discovered in: 1967 AD – 1968 AD; by J. P. Joshi

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Surkatoda Location: Rapar Taluka of Kutch, Gujarat Established in: 2100 BC Abandoned in: 1700 BC Discovered in: 1964; by Shri Jagat Pati Joshi

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Dwarka Location: Submerged near the present-day town of Dwarka, Gujarat Established in: 1500 BC (estimated) Abandoned in: 1443 BC (estimated) Discovered in: 1983 AD

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Sanchi Location: Sanchi Town, Madhya Pradesh Established in: 300 BC Abandoned in: 1300 AD Discovered in: 1818 AD; by British General Taylor

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Muziris Location: Kodungallur, Kerala Established in: 100 BC or before Abandoned in: 1341 AD Discovered in: 1945; followed by subsequent major discoveries in 1969, 1983, and 2007

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Nagarjunakonda Location: ‎Macherla, Andhra Pradesh Established in: ‎225 AD Abandoned in: 325 AD Discovered in: 1926 AD; by archaeologists AR Saraswat and S Venkataramaiah

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Vijayanagar Location: Hampi, Karnataka Established in: 1336 AD Abandoned in: 1565 AD Discovered in: 1800 AD; by Colonel Colin Mackenzie

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