Sothi
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Sotha, Hisar district, Haryana, India Sothi |
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 Sotha, Hisar district, Haryana, India
Sotha, Hisar district, Haryana, India
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| Coordinates: 29°34′26″N 76°07′38″E / 29.57389°N 76.12722°ECoordinates: 29°34′26″N 76°07′38″E / 29.57389°N 76.12722°E | |
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 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Hisar |
| Founded by | Indus Valley Civilization |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Panchayat |
| Elevation | 221 m (725 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,716 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 125039 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
Sotha, also known as Sothi, is an early, mature and late Indus Valley Civilization archeological site and village on the paleochannel of Chautang which is now relict Drishadvati river (a tributary of Sarasvati River which still flows as present Ghaggar-Hakra River).
It near the largest Indus Valley Civilization metropolis of Rakhigarhi in Hisar district. It is in Barwala tehsil of Hisar district, 18 km from Barwala and 47 km from Hisar.
In 2011, it had 334 families with a population of 1716.
Bolstering the status of Rakhigarhi as the largest Indus Valley Civilization metropolis on the banks of Drishadvati river (current day paleochannel of Chautang), at least 23 other Indus Valley Civilization sites within 5 km (at 4 sites), 10 km (at least 10 sites) and 15 km (at least 9 sites) radius of Rakhigarhi have been discovered till 2001. Some of the raw materials were procured from the nodal Rakhigarhi site and finished products were brought back to the nodal Rakhigarhi site for marketing.
Within 5 km to 10 km radius are early, mature and late Harrpan sites. To the north-west of Rakhigarhi are Panhari, Gyanpura, Sotha, Kagsar, Sulchani and south-west of Rakhigarhi are Sisai 1, 2 and 3, Rajpura 2, Pali and Masudpur.
Siswal, in Haryana, has similar remains. This is now known as Sothi-Siswal culture.
This is the site of a Pre-Indus Valley Civilisation settlement dating to as early as 4600 BCE.
According to Tejas Garge, Sothi culture precedes Siswal culture considerably, and should be seen as the earlier tradition.
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