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Haryana has been the cradle land of Indian civilization. The Indus civilization is one of the earliest urbanizations in the world. The Indus civilization represents the most ancient phase of Indus culture, going back to the third millennium B.C. It was contemporary to the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilization. This civilization proves that people in Haryana were already civilized before 5000 years and they knew the concept of town planning like Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). Chandigarh, a beautiful city of Punjab and Haryana, too settle based on Harappan settlement that attracts everyone for its well managed town planning.1 The Indus town planning has three principal division named as a acropolis (citadel), middle town and lower town, which was surrounded by a fortification wall.2 Ancient famous river Ghaggar/Saraswati and its tributaries has high fertility land which made the earlier agriculturist settled here continuously. The excavations and explorations of many archaeology sites scattered all over the state has made it clear that on the banks of the river Ghaggar/Saraswati many ancient civilizations developed over time. Importance of Haryana in the Harappan studies can be understood by looking at the distribution pattern of Harappan sites in India. Haryana has highest number of Harappan sites with 241 Early Harappan , 96 Mature Harappan and 840 Late Harappan, followed by Gujaarat with 230, Punjab 147, Uttar Pradesh 133, Rajasthan 75, Chandigarh 4, Himachal Pardesh 3, Delhi 1, Jammu 1, and Maharashtra 1.3