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Hisar, 19 August (HS). The iconic site Rakhigarhi is famous all over the world. Nine mounds have been identified on it. During excavations on these mounds, such remains have been found which are quite surprising. Urbanization from villages is the beginning of this civilization. A lot of evidence of trade thousands of years ago has also been found.
Despite being a historical civilization, the government has not been able to protect these mounds till now. The mounds have been encroached upon by the villagers, due to which tourists are also reaching Rakhi Garhi in very small numbers. The Archaeological Department has installed grills all around the mound number one, but despite that the villagers have built a cremation ground on this mound and they perform the last rites here. Whenever a tourist from India or abroad reaches there, he is shocked to see the cremation ground. There are houses of villagers on mound number two as well. People of a community bury their dead there on mound number three as well. Most of the houses of villagers are on mound number four and five and the villagers live in these houses.
Mound number six and seven in Rakhi Garhi are considered very important. The first excavation on these mounds was done in 1997-98 under the leadership of Amarendra Nath, Director of the Indian Archaeological Survey. The second excavation was done in 2013-14 under the leadership of Professor Vasant Shinde, Vice Chancellor of Deccan University. The third excavation was done by the Indian Archaeological Survey in 2023-24. At present, excavation on these mounds is closed.
Mound number six is spread over 20 hectares and this land is in the name of farmers. Therefore, for a long time, the Archaeological Survey of India has been working on a plan to preserve this land. Notices have also been issued to the farmers. During the excavation at mound number 6, many important remains were found. Many remains were found like gym, house wall, unbaked bricks, utensils, copper, stone beads, seals, conch bangles etc. When their carbon dating was done, they were found to be about six and a half thousand years old, which is considered to be the beginning of Harappan from here.
Mound number seven is spread over about three and a half hectares. This mound has also been excavated three times. The DNA of the skeleton found on the mound proved that it is four and a half thousand years old. So far, about 80 skeletons have been found on the mound. The village sarpanch Manish Kumar said that the villagers have been given notices several times not to encroach on these mounds. There is a ban on performing last rites on the cremation ground on mound one, but the villagers are performing the last rites there.