Manda, Jammu: Difference between revisions

| map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir#India

| location = Manda, [[Jammu district|Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and KashmirJ&K]], [[India]]

| part_of = [[Indus Valley Civilisationcivilisation]], [[Mauryan Empire]] and [[Kushan Empire]]

| abandoned = 300A.D <ref name="Kushana">{{Cite book |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/26499/11/11_chapter%204.pdf |title=KUSHANA SETTLEMENTS AND THEI RTHEIR MATERIAL CULTURE |page=162}}</ref>

'''Manda''' is a village and an archaeological site in the [[Jammu (city)|Jammudistrict]] inof the Indian [[Union territory|Union Territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It was excavated by [[Archaeological Survey of India]] during 1976-77 by [[J. P. Joshi]]. The site contains ruins of an ancient [[Indus Valley Civilizationcivilization]].<ref name="archaeology">Indian Archaeology 1976-77, A Review. Archeologival Survey of India, New Delhi.1980. Page 19-21. [http://asi.nic.in/nmma_reviews/Indian%20Archaeology%201976-77%20A%20Review.pdf ASI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508073039/http://asi.nic.in/nmma_reviews/Indian%20Archaeology%201976-77%20A%20Review.pdf |date=8 May 201220
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Manda is situated on the right bank of Chenab River in the foothills of Pir Panjal range, 28&nbsp;km northwest of Jammu, and was considered the northernmost limit of the [[Harappan Civilisationcivilisation]].<ref name="archaeology1"/> It is considered the northmost site (excluding [[Shortugai]]) of [[Indus Valley Civilisationcivilisation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akhnoor and Indus Valley Civilization|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/akhnoor-and-indus-valley-civilization/ |last=Kumar |first=Sudershan |year=2012|publisher=Daily Excelsior |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H1c1UIEVH9gC&pg=PA212 |title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations |last=Higham |first=Charles |date=2014-05-14 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438109961 |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sindhulogy.org/cdn/articles/harappan-civilization-current-perspective-and-its-contribution-vasant-shinde/ |title=Harappan Civilization: Current Perspective and its Contribution – By Dr. Vasant Shinde |last=Shinde |first=Vasant |date=Feb 1, 2016 |at=Origin and Extent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Concept, Provenance and Chronology of Painted Grey Ware |last=Roy |first=T.N |year=1984 |volume=34 |pages=127–137 |language=English|publisher=Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259513969|author=Pokharia, Anil K,Jeewan Singh Kharakwal,Alka Srivastava|title=Archaeobotanical evidence of millets in the Indian subcontinent with some observations on their role in the Indus civilization|publisher=Journal of Archaeological Science 42 (2014)|page=442-455}}</ref>

* [[Indus Valley Civilizationcivilization]]

* [[BhagatravSutkagan Dor]]

* [[Alamgirpur]]

Map of Indus Valley Civilisation sites [https://books.google.com/books?id=1AJO2A-CbccC&q=alamgirpur#v=onepage&q=Manda&f=false]