
Lothal
Ancient city · India
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 2399 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 22.521, 72.249
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: prominent city of the ancient Indus valley civilization (present-day Gujarat, India)
History
Lothal was one of the southernmost sites of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, located in the Bhal region of the Indian state of Gujarat. Construction of the city is believed to have begun around 2300 BCE.