5,000-year-old Harappan stepwell found in India

A stepwell, dating back 5,000 years, has been found in Dholavira, one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley civilization.

It’s rectangular and 73.4m long, 29.3m wide, and 10m deep. Another site, the ornate Rani ki Vav in Patan, called the queen of stepwells, is already on Unesco list.

“This is almost three times bigger than the Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro that’s 12m in length, 7m in width, and 2.4m in depth,” said V N Prabhakar, visiting faculty at IIT and superintending archaeologist, ASI.

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Story: Ankur Tweari, TNN | Photo: TNN