Little Rann Of Kutch

The history of this place just began with early neolithic settlements and later it was inhabited by the Indus Valley Civilization as well as the Maurya and Gupta empires of India. Indus Valley Period: Around 3500 BCE the people of the Indus civilization appear to have settled in the Rann of Kutch. The largest Indus site in India, The Indus city of Dholavira is located in the Rann of Kutch This city was built on the Tropic of Cancer also possibly indicating that Dholavira’s inhabitants were skilled in astronomy. The Rann of Kutch also contained the industrial site of Khirasara, where a warehouse was found besides there are many  Indologists such as A. S. Gaur and Mani Murali hold the view,  that the Rann of Kutch was, rather than the salt marsh that it is today, a navigable archipelago at the time of the Indus Civilization. This  Civilization was known to have an extensive maritime trade system. it has been proposed by Gaur et al that there were perhaps ports in the Rann of Kutch. Imperial Indian Period: The Rann of Kutch was a part of both the Mauryan And Gupta empires of India. The Rann of Kutch came under the control of the British Raj, who imposed a ban on salt harvesting. This ban was protested and overturned by Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi,  recently, the residents of the Rann of Kutch began holding the Rann Utsav festival, and a three-month-long carnival. Which marks the peak tourist season.