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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 15 km away from [[rajula]] and is located in [[Jafrabad|Jafarabad]] [[Tehsil|taluka]].

==Excavation==
[[Gregory Possehl]], of University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a detailed study at this site as well as at [[Rojdi]] and [[Oriyo timbo]].

==Historical significance==
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/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&dq=babar+kot&pg=PA222}}</ref>

==Plant findings==
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|editor-last=Agnihotri|editor-first=V.K.|title=Indian History|year=1981|publisher=Allied Publishers|location=Mumbai|pages=A–82|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MazdaWXQFuQC&dq=babar+kot&pg=SL1-PA82|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/books?id=1AJO2A-CbccC&q=babar+kot}}</ref> An archaeological study using ethnographic models provided evidence of two crops at Babar kot, 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/books?id=r__vIw_XUFEC&dq=babar+kot&pg=PA132|edition=Digitally repr., with corr.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Reddy |first=Seetha Narahari |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076543467 |title=Discerning Palates of the Past : an Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India |date=2003 |isbn=978-1-78920-183-3 |location=Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |pages=164 |oclc=1076543467}}</ref>

==Animal findings==
Findings from this site also included animal remains of cattle, goat, sheep, and pigs.<ref name=":0" /> An archaeological study revealed evidence of [[Eleusine coracana|eleucine coracana]], which probably was used as green fodder for the animals.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[List of Indus Valley Civilization sites]]
*[[Pabumath]]
*[[Desalpur]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Former populated places in India]]
[[Category:Geography of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]


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