BIG BREAKING / Gujarat’s pride globally: Dholavira honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
Dholavira, a 5,000-year-old archeological site in Gujarat, has been officially declared a World Heritage Site. The decision was taken at a meeting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in China. Earlier, the Ramappa temple in Telangana was declared a heritage site. Thus, this time in the 44th meeting of the Heritage Committee, two places of India have got the status of World Heritage.
Tourism of Kutch developed
Dholavira is the heritage of Gujarat, but the government developed it too late. When the tourism of Kutch was developed, the number of Dholavira was found. Otherwise, there is a history of four and a half thousand years old. Dholavir’s two identities draw fans from all over the world. One identity is the sign board found there and the other identity is the tradition of water storage. A signboard written in sign language has been found from Dholavira.
Dholavira’s water management was something that all today’s governments have to learn.
Researchers around the world have not been able to decipher what is written in it. Moreover, Dholavira’s water management was something that all today’s governments have to learn. There was also the construction of a town divided into two types, special and so on, in the middle of which lived the princes or the nagpapatis. Gamjans living outside. Despite being a desert area, the town does not face water shortage
Many gigantic stitches were made around it. These stitches can still be seen by tourists visiting Dholavira today. Moreover, thousands of years ago, the stone was constructed in such a way that the cooling of the water was maintained. The bathrooms and water storage tanks of that time can also be seen during the visit of Dholavira if there is a guide. Dholavira, however, is not maintained as it should be. Earlier, bulldozers were turned over archeological remains in the name of construction and now there is a fire.
Now it will get heritage status so tourists from all over the world will come with more expectation. It is also our duty to maintain Dholavira as expected.
Thousands of years ago, the people of Dholavira built a solid network of dams, canals, reservoirs, wells and wells.
The people of Dholavira built a jadebaslak network of dams, canals, reservoirs, wells and wells thousands of years ago. They knew how to save a single drop of water. Two branches of the Manhar river flowed from two directions of Dholavira, while the other part of the city had water storage tanks. The stitches of the land can still be seen around the Dholavira site. The largest water hodge in the east is 5 meters long, 12 meters wide and 7.5 meters deep. It can store 3 lakh liters of water. The residents of that time made it easy for the water of Manhar to reach the tank through the canal.
Ther Ther reservoirs, canals, lakes etc. were built all over the town. So the water of Manhar reached the town and was distributed. Not only that, despite being located in a desert area, Dholavira residents did not face water scarcity. Researchers have also found evidence of a checkdam-like structure somewhere.
Dholavira’s water management was limited to residues
More than 80 per cent of the town’s surviving structures today are for water management. Dholavira’s water management was limited to the remains, but if it is studied, it is possible to find a way to save water today.
If the tourists going to Dholavira take the help of a guide, they will find out that the remnants include the bathroom of that time and also the fridge of that time. There was a huge bathroom, which was not for the public but for the special citizens in power. Water kept coming from a well just a short distance to the bathroom. If there is a shortage of water in the well, the wells will be filled from the huge reservoirs outside the town.
A fridge or water storage sink, the walls of which are made of more than one type of stone, not a single stone. This keeps the water cool in summer. Even today, the water in it is said to be cold in summer. The walls of the bathroom were specially made to keep the water cool. There is more than one layer of stone, between which is a layer of Multani clay. The fridge also gets cool due to its walls and this stitch also gets cool due to its walls.
Dholavira’s knowledgeable guide Chamanbhai said, “This water reservoir is a modern fridge. But most of the tourists who come to Dholavira leave without taking a deep dive into the rock, so they can’t get that information. ‘ Sometimes when you have to clean the fridge, after emptying all the water, you don’t have to bring it from outside for cleaning, so there is also a small hodge in the fridge, in which some water is stored.
Dholavira was one of the most important civilizations of the Indus Valley
Dholavira was one of the most important civilizations of the Indus Valley. Today’s West India, Afghanistan and Pakistan were part of the Indus Valley Civilization. This culture is the oldest culture in the world for 4000 years.
Dholavira was one of the most important civilizations of the Indus Valley
It is called the Indus Valley Civilization as it extends on both the banks of the river Indus. At one time the area of this culture was 1.5 million square kilometers (half of present day India). Our Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, some parts of Punjab etc. were the regions of Indus civilization. Researchers have no definite answer as to why the Indus Valley Civilization perished. Various theories keep coming up.
Weak monsoon caused the fall of Dholavira
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur came up with a theory a few years back that the weak monsoon was the cause of Dholavira’s downfall. According to that research, the monsoon began to weaken 30 years ago today. After that, the monsoon continued to weaken for 200 years. As a result, people may have left the Indus Valley area and moved elsewhere.
According to research, in the beginning, the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization used to live in low rainfall. But as the rains receded year after year, everything in agriculture, trade, industry and business weakened. Many people-animals-organisms died in the arid environment while the rest were moving to other places to escape. So Dholavira finally remained a ruin.
BIG BREAKING / Gujarat’s pride globally: Dholavira honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
