Further surveys of the peninsulas of Saurashtra and Kutch and the mainland of Gujarat from 1954 to 1958 brought to light different phases of the Harappan civilization and thereby added a new province to the Indus Empire. The discoveries extended the civilization by 500 km upto the north of the river Kim where another small Harappan part, Bhagatrav, gives access to the agate bearing mines and forest hills of the Narmada Tapi Valleys. Around 2500 B.C., the Harappans probably started infiltrating into Kutch and settled down there with an amazing speed and strength. So far 60 Indus settlements have been found in Kutch. Out of them about 40 belong to the 'early' phase and the remaining represent the late phase of the mature Harappan culture.
Kutch is an area worthy of interest both for archaeologists and historians.
It has a long and chaquered history of its own. Its history goes back upto Jurassic period of which very little is known to us. But recently it prehistoric and proto-historic materials have come to light. Not less than 26 pre-historic sites have been so far noticed, which are yet to be excavated. All Rights Reserved Site Developed by IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd.