According to the official, the survey was also informed about discontinuation of excavation, which has great potential for research, there at Dholavira.Following the intervention and concerns conveyed by the PMO, the ASI was also of the view that the pace of excavation and preservation activities at the ancient settlement dating to 3rd to mid-2nd millennium BCE need to be accelerated and efforts required to set up a site museum at the earliest as tourist footfall has also been increasing.It is the 6th largest of more than 1,000 Harappan sites discovered so far, which was occupied for over 1,500 years.
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