New Evidences from the Harappan Cemetery of Seman‐6, District Rohtak, Haryana Vivek Dangi1 and Samunder2 1. Department of History, A. I. Jat H. Memorial College, Rohtak, Haryana (Email:
[email protected]) 2. Department of History, M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana Received: 30 September 2013; Accepted: 25 October 2013; Revised: 08 November 2013 Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology 1 (2013): 402‐423 Abstract: Village Seman is situated at a distance of about 8 km north of Meham town, a tehsil headquarter in Rohtak district of Haryana state. It is approachable by a metal road from Meham via Bhaini‐Surjan. It is about 120 km north‐west of New Delhi. There are seven proto‐historic sites in the revenue jurisdiction of this village including one cemetery, which is located about 1 km east of the village. Pottery recovered from the site belongs to classical Harappan phase. On the basis of location and material recovered from the site Seman‐6 can be associated with Farmana‐1. This site was extensively excavated in 2008‐09 and the final report was published. In the present paper pottery recovered during the explorations is discussed which include some new type of pottery. Keywords: Cemetery, Burial, Seman‐6, Rohtak, Haryana, Harappan Pottery, Sothi‐ Siswal Introduction Village Seman is situated at a distance of about 8 km north of Meham town, a tehsil headquarter in Rohtak district of Haryana state. It is approachable by a metalled road from Meham via Bhaini‐Surjan. It is about 120 km north‐west of New Delhi. There are seven proto‐historic sites in the revenue jurisdiction of this village including one cemetery (Dangi 2010:123‐24), which is located about 1 km east of the village (figure 1).