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{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Ganweriwala
| native_name = {{nastaliq| گنویريوالا}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|28|35|56|N|71|9|0|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Possehl|first1=Gregory L.|title=Indus age: the beginnings|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|page=758|url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=AUkLAQAAMAAJ&dq=ganweriwala|accessdate=29 April 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Central Asia|publisher=Centre for the Study of the Civilizations of Central Asia, Quaid-i-Azam University|page=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=nOJwAAAAMAAJ&dq=ganweriwala&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=ganweriwala|accessdate=29 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>
| map_dot_label = Ganweriwala
| location = [[Bahawalpur District]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| region = [[Cholistan Desert]]
| type = [[Human settlement|Settlement]]
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| area = {{convert|81.5|ha|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=Karl J.|title=An Atlas and Survey of South Asian History|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317476818|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqdzCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA163&dq=Ganweriwala|accessdate=29 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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| built = c. 2500 BC
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| cultures = [[Indus Valley Civilization]]
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| archaeologists = [[Aurel Stein]]<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief Introduction to the Ancient Indus Civilization|url=https://www.harappa.com/har/ancient-indus-sites.html|website=www.harappa.com|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}}</ref><br>[[Mohammed Rafique Mughal]]<br>Sidra Gulzar<ref>{{cite web|title=Sidra Gulzar - University of Gothenburg, Sweden|url=http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xgulsi&departmentId=051100|website=University of Gothenburg|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en|date=22 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Sidra Gulzar|title=Archaeologik: The forgotten Indus Civilisation|url=http://archaeologik.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-forgotten-indus-civilisation.html|website=Archaeologik|accessdate=16 May 2017|date=27 October 2014}}</ref>
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'''Ganweriwala''' ({{lang-ur| {{nastaliq| گنویريوالا}}}} {{lang-pa|{{nastaliq|گنیریوالا}}}}) is an [[Indus Valley Civilization]] site in the [[Cholistan Desert]] of southern [[Punjab, Pakistan]].

==Location==

Ganweriwala is situated near the Indian border on the dry river bed of the [[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar-Hakra]], now part of a vast desert. It is spread over 80 hectares and comparable in size with the largest sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, such as [[Mohenjo-daro]]. But it has not been excavated, only identified. It may turn out to be among the top five largest towns of the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]].<ref name=harappa>{{cite web |url=http://www.harappa.com/har/ancient-indus-sites.html |title=Ancient Indus Sites |work=The Indus Civilization |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref>

==Significant finds==
Although excavation has yet to begin at this site, a stray find of a terracotta tablet is a significant find. In this seal, a cross legged person (suggesting a yogic posture) and a kneeling person below a tree and upon a tree are depicted.<ref name="safarmer.com">[http://www.safarmer.com/Indo-Eurasian/worshippers&gods1.jpg]</ref> Such kneeling persons on a tree, particularly in front of a tiger like animal, are shown in tablets or seals found at Harappa (H 163 a), Mohenjadaro (M 309 a) and Kalibangan (K 49a).<ref name="safarmer.com"/>
More recently Sidra Gulzar and [[Asko Parpola]] discovered an inscribed tablet from Ganweriwala that may ultimately help to solve the riddle of the Indus Valley script. Despite its degraded condition, one can see the horn of the missing “unicorn bull" to the bottom right, plus seven signs of the Indus script.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Sidra Gulzar|author2=Asko Parpola|author2-link=Asko Parpola|title=CWA 77|journal=World Archaeology|date=19 May 2016|page=7|url=http://www.world-archaeology.com/issues/cwa-77-out-now.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Indus Civilization inscription found - Research portal Tuhat - University of Helsinki|url=https://tuhat.helsinki.fi/portal/en/publications/new-indus-civilizat(8a6adb8e-175d-4d68-98a2-8c1e178b485b).html|website=tuhat.helsinki.fi|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Importance==
It is equidistant from [[Mohenjo-daro]] and [[Harappa]], situated in between these two ancient cities. In this aspect, the excavation may provide more information about this ancient civilisation.<ref name=harappa />

==See also==
* [[List of Indus Valley Civilization sites]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:Major Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Pakistan]]

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