INDIAN HISTORY THROUGH MAP- PART-R

(1) Raichur

(2) Raigarh

(3) Rajagriha 

(4) Rajahmundary

(5) Rajim 

(6) Rajmahal 

(7) Rakhigarhi 

(8) Rameshwaram 

(9) Ramnathpuram

(10) Ranthambhor 

(11) Rana Ghudai

(12) Rangpur

(13) Ratnagiri

(14) Ravapuri / Ratanpur

(15) Rewa 

• The territones now included in the district were held by the imperral Maurya dynasty which ruled in the 3rd century B.C. In the advent of the Kalchurls from the 9th to the end of 12th century. The Baghela king driven eastwards by Ulugh Khan, brother of the emperor Alauddin in the 13th century appeared in this Baghela kings till the abdication of the Crown by the last successor of the dynasty, Martand Singh.

(16) Rohtas (See Sasaram in Part S)

(17) Rojdi

• Rojdi is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus valley civilization. It is located on the northern bank of the Bhadar River in Rajkot district in central Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat. 
• It was continuously occupied from 2500 BCE to 1700 BCE. 

Architecture:

• The houses in Rojdi were built on stone foundations, probably with mud walls above them. No bricks, wells, bathing platforms and the associated street drains .

The material culture:

• Much of the pottery found in Rojdi is a hard, red to buff ware. The most frequently found vessel is the hemispherical red ware bowl.
• The pottery often has graffiti with signs from the Indus script, such as jar sign. There is also a short inscription in Harappan writing on the rim of a potsherd. 
• Five copper or bronze flat axes were found. Signs of industrial and manufacturing activities are absent in all phases at Rojdi. Its overall character suggests a farmer's village.

(18) Ropar / Rupar / Rupnagar

• One of the bigger sites belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization in Rupnagar district in of Punjab.
• It continued its significance up to Gupta time. It lays on chief trade route to the north-west. The discovery of large number of coins (from punch marked coins of Gupta to various iron and copper objects) indicates that Roper was centre of craft and commerce.
• The remains of a smith's workshop with a furnace and a heap of agate beads belonging to thr NBPW period.