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'''Babar Kot''' is an archeological site belonging to the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] and is located in the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] region of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It is {{nowrap|325 km}} away from [[Ahmedabad]] and {{nowrap|152 km}} away from [[Bhavnagar]] and is located in [[Jafrabad|Jafarabad]] [[Tehsil|taluka]].<br />
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==Excavation==<br />
[[Gregory Possehl]], of University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a detailed study at this site as well as at [[Rojdi]] and [[Oriyo timbo]].<br />
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==Historical significance==<br />
This site is classified as belonging to the Late Harappan period and measures about 2.7 hectares; Babar Kot had a stone fortification wall.<ref name=singh>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788131711200|pages=222|url=https://books.google.com/?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA222&dq=babar+kot#v=onepage&q=babar%20kot&f=false}}</ref><br />
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==Plant findings==<br />
Findings from this site include plant remains of millets, gram<ref name=singh/> and bajra (pennisetum typhoideum) among other findings.<ref name=history>{{cite book|last=Agnihotri|first=V.K.(Ed.)|title=Indian History|year=1981|publisher=Allied Publishers|location=Mumbai|pages=A–82|url=https://books.google.com/?id=MazdaWXQFuQC&pg=SL1-PA82&dq=babar+kot#v=onepage&q=babar%20kot&f=false|isbn=9788184245684}}</ref> Furthermore, it is indicated that Bajra might have been present at this site during the third millennium BCE.<ref name=jane>{{cite book|last=McIntosh|first=Jane R.|title=The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=9781576079072|pages=112|url=https://books.google.com/?id=1AJO2A-CbccC&printsec=frontcover&dq=mcintosh+jane#v=onepage&q=babar%20kot&f=false}}</ref> Babar kot provided evidence of two crops, one in summer and another during winter.<ref name=david>{{cite book|last=Nicholas David|first=Carol Kramer|title=Ethnoarchaeology in Action|year=2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780521667791|pages=132|url=https://books.google.com/?id=r__vIw_XUFEC&pg=PA132&dq=babar+kot#v=onepage&q=babar%20kot&f=false|edition=Digitally repr., with corr.}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Indus Valley Civilization sites]]<br />
*[[Pabumath]]<br />
*[[Desalpur]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]<br />
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Former populated places in India]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]<br />
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