Dholavira
A Harappan city with the world's oldest signboard.
- Where
- Kutch, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.8888, 70.2117
Get the Dholavira stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dholavira. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dholavira
Kalo Dungar 41 km
The highest point in Kutch at four hundred and sixty metres, looking north over salt that runs to Pakistan.
Banni Grasslands 45 km
The largest grassland in Asia, grazed by Maldhari herders and their buffalo for at least five centuries.
Khavda 50 km
The last village before the salt, known for rogan art painted with a stylus and for its mud mirror work.
Great Rann of Kutch 57 km
A salt marsh the size of a small country, under water in monsoon and white and cracked for the rest of the year.
Surkotada 70 km
A small fortified Harappan site in Kutch, and the earliest horse bones anybody has argued about.
Chari-Dhand Wetland Conservation Reserve 89 km
A seasonal wetland on the edge of the Banni grass, between the desert and the Rann.
Bhujodi Weavers Village 89 km
Two hundred weaving families working wool and cotton on pit looms outside Bhuj, a trade six centuries old.
Aina Mahal 90 km
Mirror work that survived the earthquake.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Dholavira?
Dholavira is in Kutch, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kalo Dungar (41 km), Banni Grasslands (45 km), Khavda (50 km).
How do I get the Dholavira stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dholavira and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dholavira before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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