Raja Harsh ka Tila, Kurukshetra

Raja Harsh ka Tila is an archaeological mound on the outskirts of Kurukshetra, north of Thanesar and next to Sheikh Chilli's Tomb, with a caravanserai at its north-east corner. Roughly 1 km long, 750 m wide and 23 m high, it was dug by B.M. Pandey of the Archaeological Survey of India over four seasons from 1987–88 to 1990–91. People lived here in the Vedic period, then left; from the 1st century CE the site was occupied without a break until the 19th century.

The layers run from Painted Grey Ware and Northern Black Polished Ware through Kushan, Gupta and post-Gupta levels to Rajput, Sultanate and Mughal ones. Finds include Kushan brick structures, coins and terracotta seals with Brahmi script, a broken Gupta statue of Vishnu, a Kubera figure, Pratihara-style rooms with charred door frames, a Sultanate building with bastions, and a Mughal complex with a charbagh garden, a well and sherds of Chinese porcelain.