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Bara, Punjab

Coordinates: 30°55′00″N 76°31′15″E / 30.9167°N 76.5208°E / 30.9167; 76.5208
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Bara, Punjab
ਬਾੜਾ, ਪੰਜਾਬ
An Archeological Site of Village Bara
A view of an archeological site
A view of an archeological site
Bara, Punjab is located in Punjab
Bara, Punjab
Bara, Punjab
Location in Punjab, India
Bara, Punjab is located in India
Bara, Punjab
Bara, Punjab
Bara, Punjab (India)
Coordinates: 30°55′00″N 76°31′15″E / 30.9167°N 76.5208°E / 30.9167; 76.5208
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictRupnagar
Established19th Century (2000 BCE)
Government
 • TypeSarpanch - Village Panchayat
 • BodyVillage Panchayat
Area
 • Total0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
 • Rank175
Elevation
277 m (909 ft)
Population
 • Total512
 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone Code+91-1881
Vehicle registrationPB 12 & PB 71
Nearest CitiesRupnagar, Chamkaur Sahib, Morinda
Lok Sabha ConstituencyAnandpur Sahib (Sl. Number : 49)
Vidhan Sabha ConstituencyChamkaur Sahib (Sl. Number : 51)
Civic AgencyVillage Panchayat
ClimateExtreme hot in summers Extreme cold in winters (Köppen)
Census Village Number Codes Village Code : 038691 Panchayat Code : 100

Bara is a village in Rupnagar District in Punjab, India. The village has mainly two Jatt Sikh surnames Chakkal and Heer and lies on the Rupnagar-Morinda Road at the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about four kilometers south-west of the city Ropar and 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Chandigarh on National Highway 205 (India) (NH-205). [1] Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected with the Indus Valley civilization.[2] It has some evidence of being home to a culture (sometimes called Baran Culture) that was a pre-Harappan strand of the Indus Valley Civilization.[2] Baran and Harappan cultures may have intertwined and coexisted in some places, such as Kotla Nihang Khan, also in modern-day Punjab.[3]

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  1. ^ K.D. Bajpai; Rasesh Jamindar; P. K. Trivedi; Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta (2000), Gleanings of Indian archaeology, history, and culture, Publication Scheme, 2000, ISBN 978-81-86782-64-4, ... Bara lies on the left bank of a monsoon rivulet known as Budki Nadi and is four kilometers southwest of Rupar. It is more known for Bara culture than the Mature phase of Harappa culture ...
  2. ^ a b Romila Thapar (1978), Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Orient Blackswan, 1978, ISBN 978-81-250-0808-8, ... there appears to be a continuity of pre-Harappan cultures into the second millennium B.C. at sites in the Sutlej valley and the upper Saraswati (e.g. Bara and Siswal A) ...
  3. ^ Shadaksharappa Settar; Ravi Korisettar (1 January 2002), Indian Archaeology in Retrospect: Prehistory, archaeology of South Asia, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7304-319-2, ... The mound at Kotla Nihang Khan is divided into two sectors: eastern and western. The eastern sector mainly has Urban Harappan pottery like the dish-on-stand, goblets with pointed base, shallow flat dish with flaring sides ... The western part has Urban Harappan elements mixed with Bara Ware from the lower levels. Sharma (1982: 141) thinks that ... initially, in Phase I, the Harappans occupied the eastern area, but with the advent of the Barans ...

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