of Indus faience production Kenoyer mentions (1994: 37) the discovery of white rocky quartz at the site of Harappa, which might have been the raw material crushed to make the silica powder. It is found along with the kilns. This, and the unusually large numbers of faience objects suggest that Mitathal might have been a major faience production centre. Other common surface finds were small bits of copper and some copper-alloy objects such as bangle fragments. Broken pieces and a few complete examples of stone querns and mullers were also abundant. The large majority of these stone artefacts were composed of a reddish-coloured quartzite with distinctive thin black seams. Harappan Seal A broken steatite seal of Mature Harappan period was discovered here in 2010. While a Harappan seal was collected previously from the surface of Rakhigarhi, no seal or sealing was found in Mitathal itself. "The seal recovered is rectangular in shape, trapezoidal in section and inscribed on one side. The surviving portion measures 15.50 x 14.51 mm. The section of the top and bottom suggests that it was, when complete, convex backed with a perforated hole through the width. Seals of this type were used at the site of Harappa only during Period 3C (Meadow and Kenoyer 2001: 27) and this surface is dated to ca. 2100-1900 BC or the later part of what is commonly called the Mature Harappan Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization." Context - related IVC sites and cultures nearby The Indus Valley civilization related nearby are as follows. Meluhha Indus–Mesopotamia relations Conflict with the Akkadians and Neo-Sumerians List of Indus Valley Civilization sites within Haryana are as follows: Bhirrana, 4 phases of IVC with earliest dated to 8th-7th millennium BCE Kalibanga, an IVC town and fort with several phases starting from Early harappan phase Rakhigarhi, one of the largest IVC city with 4 phases of IVC with earliest dated to 8th-7th millennium BCE Kunal, cultural ancestor of Rehman Dheri Tigrana, Bhiwani, 5 km southwest of Mithathal Wide context of the artifacts found at Mitathal is related to the following: List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization Sanitation of the Indus Valley civilisation Periodisation of the Indus Valley civilisation Pottery in the Indian subcontinent Bara culture, subtype of Late-Harappan Phase Cemetery H culture (2000-1400 BC), early Indo-Aryan pottery at IVC sites later evolved into Painted