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'''Hulas''', located in the [[Saharanpur]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]], is a late [[Indus Valley Civilization]] archeological site.<ref name=singh>{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-317-1120-0|page=214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=upinder+singh&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oX_tT-OZIMHPrQfrzei9DQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Hulas&f=false}}</ref>

==Historical significance==
Hulas is one of the 70 odd sites belonging to Chalcolithic Culture Phase in [[Doab]] which are located mostly along the higher banks of tributaries of [[Yamuna]], namely, [[Hindon River]], [[Krishni]], [[Kathanala]] and [[Maskara]].<ref name="singh"/> Most of these settlements are small, the largest one measuring 200x200 m, and three of these sites are excavated (Hulas, [[Alamgirpur]] and [[Bargaon (archaeological site)|Bargaon]]). Occupation of this late [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Harappan]] site goes back to 2000 BC and it seems it continued up to 1000 BC.
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==Architecture==
Rectangular mud structures with rammed floors, post-holes and hearths were identified in the earliest phase. In the Middle phase, clusters of two or three circular storage bin–type structures were found inside some of rectangular mud houses. Five round furnaces were found in some of the structures belonging to final phase.<ref name="singh"/>

==Artefacts found==
Hand made and wheel made pottery with geometric or naturalistic designs painted in black, chert blades, bone points etc.
<ref name="singh"/> Terrecotta inscribed sealing was also recovered from Hulas.<ref>{{cite book|last=1.Lal,2.guptha|first=1.Braj Basi,2.Swarajya Prakash|title=Frontiers of the Indus Civilisation|year=1984|publisher=Books & Books for ASI|location=University of Michigan|isbn=9780856722318|page=261|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEAbAQAAMAAJ&q=hulas+indus&dq=hulas+indus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2cvtT8q1G463rAfGkMS-DQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ}}</ref>

==Agricultural activity==
Horse gram, Cow pea (which is of African origin), [[walnut]]s, oats, lintel, pea, chickpea, [[Eleusine coracana|ragi]], rice (both wild and cultivated variety) were grown at Hulas. Fruits of pipal tree (ficus religiosa) were also recovered from this site.<ref>{{cite book|last=McIntosh|first=Jane|title=The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=9781576079072|pages=110–114, 121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AJO2A-CbccC&dq=the+Ancient+Indus+civilisation&q=hulas#v=snippet&q=hulas&f=false}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indus Valley Civilization]]
* [[List of Indus Valley Civilization sites]]
* [[List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization]]
* [[Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]

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