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Nov 13, 2023 · Durrës, recognized as one of the oldest and most significant port cities in the Balkans, has a history spanning nearly 3,000 years, making it Albania’s ancient gem overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
- Lothal Port. The oldest port in India, Lothal was an important port city of Indus valley civilization and was located in today’s Bhal region of Gujarat.
- Muziris Port. Muziris, the ancient port city located in today’s Indian state of Kerala, was one of the most important trading ports in the world almost 2,000 years ago.
- Poompuhar Port. Poompuhar, also known as Puhar, is believed to be the Port town of Chozha Empire. Located in the current Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, the ancient ports city, also named as Kaveripoompattinam in historic documents, was reportedly situated in the mouth of the Kaveri River.
- Arikamedu Port. Arikamedu, located in today’s Puducherry, a union territory of India, is known as the port of Podouke in historical documents. With mentions in the Periplus Maris Erytheaae and Tamil poems of the Sangam period, Arikamedu is believed to be an active trading port of the region with the Roman Empire as early as second century BC.
- Town Planning of Lothal
- Lothal : City of Trade
- Indus Valley Civilisation
The 4,500-year-old city was mathematically planned. It had a grid pattern with proper streets crossing at right angles and drainage systems.Theemphasis on cleanliness can be judged from the discovery of toilets and lota-like jarswhich shows our fixation with washing up goes back all the way to the Harappan Civilisation.The city was divided into two parts: the upper town and the lower town. The remains of the brick walls there suggest wide streets, drains and bathing platforms.Rectangular basin has been found at Lothal that was said to be the dockyard. It is 218 m long and 37 m wide and is bound on all sides by baked bricks.As the Indus script is yet to be deciphered, it is not known if this was really India’s first port as is claimed by some and questioned by some historians.However, the discovery of Lothal seals in other ancient cities points to its importance in trade that was conducted with other ancient civilisations. The dockyard proves the maritime activity of th...Lothal was in the thick of Harappan maritime trade, and beads made from semi-precious stones, terracotta, gold, etc. were popular in areas as far as Sumer (modern-day Iraq), Bahrain and Iran.The Indus Valley Civilisation, which is now more popularly referred to as the Harappan civilisation after Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated in the 1920s by British archaeologist Sir M...Harappan civilisation emerged on the banks of the river Indus in the second half of the third millennium BCEand spread across large parts of western India.A marked feature of this ancient civilization was the vivid imagination and artistic sensibilities exuded by the numerous sculptures, seals, potteries, jewelleries found at the excavation sites.Harappa and Mohenjo–daro – the two major sites of this civilization– are among the earliest and finest examples of urban civic planning. The planned network of roads, houses and drainage systems in...Mar 15, 2019 · Lothal is believed to be 3,700 years old and is the only major port-town of the IVC, discovered so far. The site itself is small, at 7 hectares, and is 18 times smaller than Mohenjo-daro.
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Nov 18, 2023 · Lothal, often referred to as the oldest port in India, is a testament to India’s maritime heritage. Discovered in 1954 and excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the ruins of Lothal revealed a vibrant port city with a dock, marketplace, and township. Its existence cemented the significance of Lothal as a thriving ancient port.
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