{"id":539,"date":"2013-10-07T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/?p=539"},"modified":"2020-10-04T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T14:50:06","slug":"lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Lothal Once a Port for World Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lothal is a pre-historic port found in India. This was actually a port city situated in the present Ahmedabad District of Gujarat. Lothal was excavated in 1954. Studies on the ruins of this ancient port city revealed that it was part of the Indus Valley Civilization that existed around 2400 BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meaning of Lothal is \u2018City of Dead\u2019. It functioned as an outpost to important places in the Indus Valley Civilization, namely Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. Being a port town, this city generated wealth and prosperity. It facilitated trade and commerce with major ports of West Asia. Lothal was a well-known center to manufacture and export beads. During its time, it was here that the Sabarmati River passed through before meeting with the Gulf of Khambat.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade\/#Lothal_%E2%80%93_A_thriving_port_town\" >Lothal \u2013 A thriving port town<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade\/#Lothal_%E2%80%93_An_organized_place\" >Lothal \u2013 An organized place<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade\/#Lothals_dynamics\" >Lothal\u2019s dynamics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saralstudy.com\/blog\/lothal-once-a-port-for-world-trade\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lothal_%E2%80%93_A_thriving_port_town\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lothal \u2013 A thriving port town<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the Indus Valley Civilization flourished for more than 5000 years, none of its ruins are as well-preserved as the ruins of Lothal. Remnants of this ancient port city reveal that it was a thriving centre-place of trade. It was also a bustling shipyard. A visit to the site reveals so many aspects of this ancient civilization. For one, they were an organized group of people. They had better roads, strong brick houses, and closed drainage lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lothal_%E2%80%93_An_organized_place\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lothal \u2013 An organized place<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lothal was once a pottery town. Its strategic location was noticed and it was made into a port city. Historians conclude that Lothal reached its peak in prominence around 2350 BC. The city had an excellent underground drainage system. Even during that time weights and measures were used to erect structures with great precision.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The infrastructure of this city was strong.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It survived the onslaught of three raging floods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> But it could not withstand a flood that happened in 1900 BC. This flood destroyed the city permanently.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lothals_dynamics\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lothal\u2019s dynamics<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The walls of the structures found in Lothal have no intricate carvings. Interestingly, Lothal was not ruled by kings. Rather, it was ruled by a democratically elected group of councils. The ruins found in this ancient port city are flat and desolate. They are not exciting and may not generate interest. This aspect reveals that this city meant only business and was not perceived to be a city of art and crafts.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is at Lothal where India\u2019s first ship-building yard operated from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ship building and breaking yard manufactured, modified, and destroyed ships and boats. It had a capacity to hold more than 30 ships at a single point of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It had a total capacity of holding 30 tonnes of ship-able goods.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This metric indicates that Lothal was as prominent and large a port city as the present day Visakhapatnam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is interesting to note that within a span of a few hundred years Lothal disappeared into oblivion. It left behind no substantial evidence of the language people spoke in the region. There is not much information on how the port city was operated. Nevertheless, the city of Lothal gives us a peek into a glorious past we can be proud of.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lothal is a pre-historic port found in India. This was actually a port city situated in the present Ahmedabad District of Gujarat. Lothal was excavated in 1954. Studies on the ruins of this ancient port city revealed that it was part of the Indus Valley Civilization that existed around 2400 BC. 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