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thumb|400px|lothal basti aur nagar ka prasiddh jal sansadhan tantr, parikalpit chitr

• yah gujarat ke ahamadabad zile mean 'bhogava nadi' ke kinare 'saragavala' namak gram ke samip sthit hai.
• khudaee 1954-55 ee. mean 'ranganath rav' ke netritv mean ki gee.
• is sthal se samakalin sabhyata ke paanch star pae ge haian.
• yahaan par do bhinn-bhinn tile nahian mile haian, balki poori basti ek hi divar se ghiri thi. yah chhah khandoan mean vibhakt tha.

nagar durg

lothal ka oopari nagar tha nagar durg vishay chaturbhujakar tha jo poorv se pashchim 117 mi. aur uttar se dakshin ki or 136 mi. tak phaila hua tha.

bazar aur audyogik kshetr

lothal nagar ke uttar mean ek bazar aur dakshin mean ek audyogik kshetr tha. manake banane valoan, taanbe tatha sone ka kam karane vale shilpiyoan ki udyogashalaean bhi prakash mean aee haian. yahaan se ek ghar ke sone ke dane, selakh di ki char muharean, sianp evan taanbe ki bani choo diyoan aur bahut dhang se ranga hua ek mitti ka jar mila hai. lothal se shankh ke kary karane vale dastakaroan aur tamrakarmiyoan ke karakhane bhi mile haian. thumb|250px|left|lothal nagar mean jal punarshodhit kar kam mean laya jata tha ek booand jal vyarth nahian jata tha nagar durg ke pashchim ki or vibhinn akar ke 11 kamarean bane the, jinaka prayog manake ya dana banane vale phaiktri ke roop mean kiya jata tha. lothal nagar kshetr ke bahari uttari-pashchimi kinare par samadhi kshetr ka, jahaan se bis samadhiyaan mili haian. yahaan ki sarvadhik prasidv upalabdhi h dappakalin bandaragah ke atirikt vishisht mridabhaand, upakaran, muharean, baant tatha map evan pashan upakaran hai. yahaan tin yugmit samadhi ke bhi udaharan mile haian. stri-purush shavadhan ke sakshy bhi lothal se hi mile hai. lothal ki adhikaansh qabroan mean kankal ke sir uttar ki or aur pair dakshin ki or tha. keval apavad svaroop ek kankal ka disha poorv-pashchim ki or mila hai.

bandaragah athava godi ba da(Dock Yard)

• bandaragah lothal ki mahattvapoorn upalabdhiyoan mean se hai. is bandaragah par misr tatha mesopotamiya se jahaz ate jate the. isaka ausat akar 214x36 mitar evan gaharaee 3.3 mitar hai.
• isake uttar mean 12 mitar chau da ek pravesh dvar nirmit tha. jisase hokar jahaz ate-jate the aur dakshin divar mean atirikt jal ke lie nikas dvar tha.

thumb|250px|lothal ke puratattv sthal

• lothal mean gadhi aur nagar donoan ek hi raksha prachir se ghire haian.
• any avasheshoan mean dhan (chaval), faras ki muharoan evan gho doan ki laghu mrinmoortiyoan ke avashesh prapt hue haian.
• isake atirikt any avasheshoan mean lothal se prapt ek mridabhaand par ek vishesh chitr ukera gaya hai jis par ek kaua tatha ek lom di utkirn hai. isase isaka samy panchatantr ki katha chalak lom di se kiya gaya hai.
• yahaan se uttar avastha ki ek agnivedi mili hai. nav ke akar ki do muharean tatha lak di ka annagar mila hai. ann pisane ki chakki, hathi daant tatha pis ka paimana mila hai. yahaan se ek chhota sa disha mapak yantr bhi mila hai. taanbe ka pakshi, bail, kharagosh v kutte ki akritiyaan mili hai, jisamean taanbe ka kutta ullekhaniy hai.
• yahaan batan ke akar ki ek mudra mili hai. lothal se 'mosopotamiya' mool ki tin belanakar muhare mili hai. ata pisane ke do pat mile hai jo poore sindhu ka ek matr udaharan hai.
• utkhananoan se lothal ki jo nagar-yojana aur any bhautik vastue prakash mean aee hai unase lothal ek laghu h dappa ya mohanajoda do nagar pratit hota hai. sambhavatah samudr ke tat par sthit siandhu-sabhyata ka yah sthal pashchim eshiya ke sath vyapar ke drishtikon se sarvattam sthal tha.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

shodh

vithika

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  prakh h dappa aur h dappa sabhyata ke purasthal

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  lothal basti aur nagar ki vishv prasiddh sanrachana, parikalpit chitr

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  lothal basti aur nagar ka prasiddh jal sansadhan tantr jo aj bhi jas ka tas hai

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  lothal ka mukhy kuaan

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  jal nikasi, lothal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  moti banane ki bhatthi, lothal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal ka prachin kuaan

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal ke puratattv sthal

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  lothal

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  lothal ke kal ke avashesh pani ke bhitar saf dekhe ja sakate haian