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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ganeshwar
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rajasthan, India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.632732|N|75.879359|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Rajasthan]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sikar district|Sikar]]
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| | governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]

| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
| leader_name = Saroj Devi <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajsec.rajasthan.gov.in/Sarpanch.pdf |title=Details of Sarpanch in Sikar |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613000740/http://www.rajsec.rajasthan.gov.in/Sarpanch.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 424.24
| population_total = 6,994
| population_as_of = 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/PopulationFinder/Sub_Districts_Master.aspx?state_code=08&district_code=13 |title=Census of India: Sub-District Details |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref>
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 332705 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx|title=Pin code search option, India Post|publisher=indiapost.gov.in|accessdate=2011-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215172309/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx|archive-date=15 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91-1574
| registration_plate = RJ-23
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|RJ-IN]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Neem-Ka-Thana]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Neem-Ka-Thana]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = {{convert|7.9|km|mi}} ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank3_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Sikar]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{convert|66.4|km|mi}} ([[National highways of India|land]])
| blank4_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Jaipur]]
| blank4_info_sec1 = {{convert|83|km|mi}} ([[National highways of India|land]])
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| blank1_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature
| blank1_info_sec2 = 46–48 °C
| blank2_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature
| blank2_info_sec2 = 0–1 °C
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'''Ganeshwar''' is a village in [[Neem-Ka-Thana]] Tehsil (Mandal) in the [[Sikar District]] of the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. Ganeshwar is {{Convert|7.9|km}} distance from Neem-Ka- Thana town, {{Convert|66.4|km}} from [[Sikar]] city and {{Convert|83|km}} from [[Jaipur]]. Excavations in the area revealed the remains of a 4,000-year-old civilization.

==History==
Ganeshwar is located near the copper mines of the Sikar-[[Jhunjhunu]] area of the [[Khetri]] copper belt in [[Rajasthan]]. The [[Ganeshwar-Jodhpura culture]] has over 80 other sites currently identified.<ref>Hooja, Rima. "The Transition to Food Production." In A History of Rajasthan, 206-08. New Dehli: Rupa, 2006</ref> The period was estimated to be 2500–2000 BC. Historian [[Ratna Chandra Agrawala]] wrote that Ganeshwar was excavated in 1977. Excavations revealed copper objects including arrowheads, spearheads, fish hooks, bangles and chisels. With its [[microlith]]s and other stone tools, Ganeshwar culture can be ascribed to the pre-[[Harappan civilization|Harappan period]]. Ganeshwar saw three cultural phases: Period 1 (3800 BCE) which was characterized by hunting and gathering communities using chert tools; Period II (2800 BCE) shows the beginnings of metal work in copper and fired clay pottery; Period III (2000 BCE) featured a variety of pottery and copper goods being produced.<ref>Joshi, M.C, ed. "Indian Archaeology: 1987-88 A Review." Archaeological Survey of India, 1992, 101-02. Accessed 7 March 2018. asi.nic.in/nmma_reviews/Indian Archaeology 1987-88 A Review.pdf</ref> Nearly one thousand pieces of copper were found here.<ref>रतन लाल मिश्र:श�?�?ावा�?�? �?ा नव�?न �?तिहास, म�?डावा, १९९८, प�?.२०</ref> Red pottery was found here with black portraiture. Ganeshwar mainly supplied copper objects to Harappa.The Ganeshwar people partly lived on agriculture and largely on hunting. Although their principle craft was manufacture of copper objects but they were unable to urbanize. With its microliths and other stone tools, much of Ganeshwar culture can be considered a pre-Harappan Chalcolithic culture that contributed to the making of the mature Harappan culture.
<ref>Sailendra Nath Sen: Ancient Indian History And Civilization, New Age International, 01-Jan-1999, Page No.27</ref>
The copper was obtained in the nearby [[Aravalli Range]].

== External links ==

*[https://www.flickr.com/places/info/29067185 Geo location of Ganeshwar]
*[http://wikimapia.org/6742904/Ganeshwar Ganeshwar wikimapia]

== References ==
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[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]
[[Category:Sikar district]]
[[Category:Former populated places in India]]
[[Category:Villages in Sikar district]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Archaeology of India]]

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