Haryana Government Declaration

• Two sites of over 4,400-year-old Harappan civilisation in Bhiwani district declared as protected monuments and archaeological sites.

• Sites located in neighbouring villages: Tighrana and Mitathal.

Mitathal Site

• Excavations in 1968 revealed Copper-Bronze Age culture (3rd–2nd millennia BCE) of the Indo-Gangetic divide.

• Site first came to light in 1913 with the discovery of Samudra Gupta coins.

• From 1965–1968, beads and copper implements yielding proto-historic material were found.

• Findings show Harappan tradition in town planning, architecture, arts, and crafts.

• Pottery: well-burnt sturdy red ware painted in black with pipal leaf, fish scale, and geometric designs.

• Antiquities include beads, bangles, terracotta, stone, shell, copper, ivory, and bone objects.

Tighrana Site

• Post-Harappan remains provide insight into the evolution and continuity of human settlement.

• First inhabited around 2400 BCE by Chalcolithic agricultural communities (Sothians).

• Early settlements in Chang, Mitathal, Tighrana were small mud-brick houses with thatched roofs; some possibly fortified.

• Each settlement comprised 50–100 houses.

• Occupations: agriculture, cattle domestication (cows, bulls, goats).

• Pottery: wheel-made, painted in bichrome (black-and-white designs).

• Tools: copper, bronze, and stone implements found in large numbers.