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Archaeologists find 5,000-year-old skeletons in an ancient village in northern India |
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Two of four human skeletons dating back to the 5,000-year-old Harappan era which have been recovered are pictured at a burial mound at Rakhigarhi village in Hisar on March 11, 2015 Four complete human skeletons - two men, one woman and a child - thought to date back some 5,000 years have been discovered in an ancient village in northern India, archaeologists said on April 15, 2015. Archaeological teams from India and South Korea have been digging since 2012 in an area of Haryana state where an ancient Indus Valley civilisation was thought to have been located. AFP PHOTO / Manoj DHAKA.
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NEW DELHI (AFP).- Four complete human skeletons thought to date back some 5,000 years have been discovered in an ancient village in northern India, archaeologists said Wednesday.
Archaeological teams from India and South Korea have been digging since 2012 in an area of Haryana state where an ancient Indus Valley civilisation was thought to have been located.
The skeletons of two men, one woman and a child were found in the village cemetery in recent days along with items that suggest the settlement believed in reincarnation, project co-director Nilesh Jhadav told the Hindustan Times.
"We have found some material like pottery with grains of food, and shell bangles located near or around skeletons which enabled us to conclude that the settlers believed in reincarnation," Jhadav said.
Malavika Chatterjee, one of the researchers, said they have also found toys -- mostly figurines of animals as well as of mythical characters.
"A figurine of a dog with a leash points towards their domestication aspect. Then we also found figurines of unicorns too, giving us impression about their mythical state of mind," she said.
The Indus Valley civilisation or Harappan civilisation is the oldest known urban culture of the subcontinent and began as far back as 5,000 years ago.
Work at the excavation site, spread over 20 hectares (50 acres) in the Hisar district of Haryana, northwest of New Delhi, was continuing, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
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