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Dholavira

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Dholavira is an archaeological site in the state of Gujarat. Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains architectural ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization/Harappan city.

Dholavira’s location is on the Tropic of Cancer and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization.

Architecture and material culture

Estimated to be older than the port-city of Lothal, the city of Dholavira has a rectangular shape and organization, and is spread over 22 ha (54 acres).
Unlike Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, the city was constructed to a pre-existing geometrical plan consisting of three divisions – the citadel, the middle town, and the lower town. The acropolis and the middle town had been furnished with their own defence-work, gateways, built-up areas, street system, wells, and large open spaces. The acropolis is the most thoroughly fortified and complex area in the city.
The most striking feature of the city is that all of its buildings, at least in their present state of preservation, are built of stone, whereas most other Harappan sites, including Harappa itself and Mohenjo-daro, are almost exclusively built of brick. 
Dholavira is flanked by two storm water channels; the Mansar in the north, and the Manhar in the south. 
One of the unique features of Dholavira is the sophisticated water conservation system of channels and reservoirs, the earliest found anywhere in the world, built completely of stone. The city had massive reservoirs, three of which are exposed.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholavira