| Year | Site | Excavator | Key Findings (As in Notes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Harappa | Dayaram Sahni | Rows of 6 granaries, stone lingam & yoni figures, wheat & barley, copper scale, mirror, vanity box, dice, coffin burials, zebu bulls, terracotta figurines |
| 1921 | Shortughai | Dayaram Sahni | Traces of canals |
| 1922 | Mohenjo-daro | R.D. Banerjee | Pashupati seal, bronze dancing girl, bearded man statue, mother goddess figurine, Great Bath, granaries, bronze buffalo, human skeletons |
| 1929 | Sutkagendor | Aurel Stein | Trade point (Harappa–Babylon), BMAC link, pottery, copper-bronze disc |
| 1931 | Chanhudaro | N.G. Majumdar | Bangle factory, dog chasing cat, cart with seated driver, no citadel |
| 1935 | Amri | N.G. Majumdar | Antelope evidence, rhino evidence |
| 1953 | Kalibangan | Amlanand Ghosh | Copper ox, earthquake evidence, camel bones, fire altars, ploughed field, wooden drainage, furrowed land |
| 1953 | Lothal | S.R. Rao | Port town, graveyard, copper dog, dockyard, rice husk, chess playing, double burial |
| 1955 | Kot Diji | Dr. Fazal Ahmad Khan (F.A. Khan) | Microlith tools |
| 1963 | Rakhigarhi | First studied and documented by Dr. Suraj Bhan of Kurukshetra University in 1969 Amarendra Nath (ASI): Conducted major excavations between 1997–2000 Dr. Vasant Shinde: Led excavations from 2011–2016 | Couple skeleton |
| 1964 | Surkotada | J.P. Joshi | Horse bones, beads |
| 1974 | Banawali | R.S. Bisht | Oval settlement, radial streets, barley grains, terracotta plough |
| 1985 | Dholavira | R.S. Bisht | Water management, reservoirs, dams, stadium, rock-cut architecture |