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'''Vejalka''' is a village in Ranpur Taluka of [[Botad district]] in [[Gujarat]], India. An archeological site was found and excavated near this village in 2014.<br />
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==Archeology==<br />
The site is located 50&nbsp;km from [[Lothal]] which is major archeological site of the region. There are around 190 Harappan sites in the state, most in Kutch and Saurashtra region.<ref name="RR2016">{{cite web | last=Roy | first=Ruby| title=New Harappan site found in Botad village | website=The Times of India | date=12 April 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/New-Harappan-site-found-in-Botad-village/articleshow/51787656.cms | accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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The excavation at the site started in 2014 and extended for two years. The excavation was carried out by students and teachers of Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]. The settlement belonged to [[Indus Valley Civilization]] which is dated 2300 BC to 2000 BC. It is a rural centre which supplied raw material to urban centres.<ref name="RR2016"/><br />
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During the excavation, the archeologists found a large number of pottery, animal bones, mud walls, beads and stone blades. The beads and stone blades suggested that there was a small scale industry at the site. The mud structures informs about domestic architecture of the time. The also found micaceous red ware, a kind of ceramic, in abundance which confirmed the existence of Indus valley civilization.<ref name="RR2016"/><br />
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The neighbour villages of Vejalka are Chandarva and Bhimnath.<br />
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{{coord|22.2514|N|71.8575|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}2. Train no.59534 Bhavnagar to Surendranagar train stop.<br />
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3. Train no.59233 Surendranagar to Bhavnagar train stop<br />
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[[Category:History of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Gujarat]]<br />
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