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Lothal
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Lothal

Ancient city · India

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
2399 BC
Population
—
Coordinates
22.521, 72.249
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Why it was abandoned

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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.

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