World’s Largest Museum of Harappan culture
The World’s Largest Museum of Harappan culture will be set up in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village.
• The village of Rakhigarhi was part of the Indus Valley Civilisation from 2600-1900 BC.
• The museum will display some 5000-year-old Indus Valley artefacts.
• It was in 1963 that the ASI first started digging up the village.
• Rakhigarhi’s archaeological evidences are available in two villages, namely Rakhi Khas and Rakhi Shahpur. It was in 1963 that the ASI first started digging up a village. Till 1998, some 56 skeletons have been discovered in the Rakhigarhi region. Among these, two skeletons of women were about 7000 years old. Along with this, a number of shell bangles, a copper mirror and semi-precious stone beads were found in the hands of both the skeletons
