ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE · 02

Villages between river and cultivation

Settlements of the Ganges plain preserve houses, ceramics and fortification remains.

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History and context

Sites such as Atranjikhera and Hastinapura document houses, fortifications and pottery in the Gangetic plain; relating them to textual villages requires caution.

Evidence and interpretation

Synthesis based on UNESCO · Tradition of Vedic chanting; ASI · Excavations at Hulas; GRETIL · Pāṇini. The comparison serves to formulate questions, not to fill the gaps in the record with certainties.

Catalogue facts

Civilisation or trajectory: Vedic India / Indic traditions
Scope: Infrastructure and Landscape
Main area: Punjab, the north-west of the subcontinent and, later, the Ganges plain.

A closer look

About 1 min to read · 1 section. Further reading and sources · free access. Editorial review recorded: September 5, 2026.

The river could also interrupt occupation

The excavation of Hastināpura recognised the destruction by a flood of part of the settlement associated with painted grey ware. After an interval, occupation resumed with another repertoire, in which polished black northern ware stood out. This sequence allows explaining how the river landscape could oblige abandonment, displacement or remaking of inhabited spaces. The archaeological deposit documents a local interruption; its association with characters or displacements of an epic tradition requires additional argumentation and is not contained in the sediment itself.

Research · Archaeological Survey of India · Excavation at Hastināpura and Other Explorations, fragment preserved by IGNCAAccess recorded: September 5, 2026.

Location and territory

REGIONAL AREA

From Punjab and northwest toward the Gangetic plain, with regional rhythmsFrom Punjab and the north-west towards the Ganges plain, with regional rhythms. The footprint indicates the indicative centre of the sphere, not a border or an exact point.

Sources and references

Consult the sources of this cultural synthesis

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