Essay on “A Visit to an Ancient Site” Complete Essay for Class 10, Class 12 and Graduation and other classes.

A Visit to an Ancient Site

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A Visit to a Harappan Era Site

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A Visit to an Indus Valley Civilization Site

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A Visit to an Ancient Historical Place

The Indus Valley Civilization excavation at Harappa and Mohenjodaro .in the aegis of Archaeological Survey of British India in the year 1920-22, revealed the existence of a well-developed civilization about 5,000 years ago.

Recently, I learnt that excavations at a place near Bhirdana village in the Fatehabad district which were started by the Archaeological

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Survey of India (ASI) on had found the existence of township of the Harappan Era, living 5,000 years old there.

I went to see the place and got special permission from the authorities concerned for the same. I learnt that the ASI had already discovered the presence of the Harappan Era townships at two other places, Kunal and Banawali, in the district sometime in the past.

I saw with great curiosity the evidences of the Indus Valley Civilization at Bhirdana, which included structures made of mud bricks, a fortification wall, pottery and other antiques.

The excavation site spread across more than sixty thousand square metres and was situated on a mound. The excavations were being carried out under the “Saraswati Heritage Project” of the Union Government. I was told that the village seemed to be situated near the banks of the Saraswati river which was now extinct and had pissed into myth