Sothi

Sothi is an early site of the Indus Valley Civilisation, dated to around 4600 BCE, about 10 km south-west of Nohar railway station in Rajasthan. Luigi Pio Tessitori first identified it, and Aurel Stein, Amalananda Ghosh and Kshetrams Dalal visited later. The site sits on the plain once watered by the Ghaggar and Chautang rivers, which many scholars equate with the Sarasvati and Drishadvati; Kalibangan stands about 60 km west and Rakhigarhi about 140 km east.

With Siswal in Haryana, Sothi gives its name to the Sothi-Siswal culture, defined by its pottery and known from some 165 sites across Rajasthan, Haryana and Indian Punjab. Sothi ware may carry painted pipal leaves or fish-scale patterns, external ribbing or cord impressions, and the culture also made toy cart wheels and short-stemmed dishes on stands. The ware turns up at almost every Harappan site in the Ghaggar valley, and the period it represents is also called Kalibangan I.