Rangpur, Gujarat

Rangpur is an ancient archaeological site in Surendranagar district near Vanala on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India.

[1] It is the type site for the Rangpur culture, a regional form of the late phase of the Indus Valley Civilization that existed in Gujarat during the 2nd millennium BCE.

[2] Trail Diggings were conducted by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) during 1931 led by M.S.Vats.

[4] Dishes with beaded rim and grooved shoulder, painted black - and redware and high-necked jars.

[6] Other artifacts found at the site include axes, beads of steatite and carnelian and Earthen wares.

Map of Rangpur and other sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, late phase.