CONTENTS Executive Summary v List of Figures x List of Graphs xi List of Charts xii List of Maps xiii List of Tables xv 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Rationale 2 1.2.1 Research Question 3 1.2.2 Aim 3 1.2.3 Objectives 3 1.3 Conceptual Framework 3 1.4 Analytical framework 4 1.5 Methodology 5 1.6.1 Scope 8 1.6.2 Limitations 8 1.7 Relevance of Research 9 1.8 Chapterisation 9 2 Tourism and Tourist Circuits 11 2.1 Tourist Circuits 12 2.1.1 German Tourist Circuits 13 2.2 Archaeological and Heritage Tourism 14 2.3 Ancient Civilisations of the World 16 2.3.1 Mesopotamia 17 2.3.2 Ancient Egypt 19 2.3.3 Maya – Chichen Itza 20 2.3.4 Inca – Machu Picchu 21 2.4 Archaeological Heritage Tourism in India 23 2.5 Archaeological History of India 24 2.6 GUJARAT 26 2.6.1 Gujarat Archaeology 26 2.6.2 Gujarat Tourism 28 3 Indus Valley Civilisation in Gujarat 32 3.1 Kutch Cluster 33 3.2 Saurashtra Cluster 34 3.3 List of Important Indus Valley Civilization sites in Gujarat 34 3.4 Common Issues faced by all Indus Valley Civilization sites 37 4 Active Tourist Destinations – Lothal & Dholavira 42 4.1 Location 42 4.1.1 Lothal 42 4.1.2 Dholavira 42 4.2 Performance 42 5 Potential Sites – Kuntasi & Surkotada 51 5.1 Location 51 5.1.1 Kuntasi 51 5.1.2 Surkotada 51 5.2 Performance 52 6 Archaeological Tourist Circuit 55 6.1 Circuit Formation 55 6.2 Travel Plan for Archaeological Tourist Circuit 68 6.3 Archaeological Tourist Circuit – SWOT 71 6.3.1 Strengths 71 6.3.2 Weaknesses 72 6.3.3 Opportunities 72 6.3.4 Threats 72 6.4 Circuit Evaluation 72 6.4.1 Archaeological Tourist Circuit – Option 1 73 6.4.2 Kutch Circuit – Option 2 74 6.4.3 Saurashtra Circuit – Option 3 75 6.5 Institutional Framework 76 References 85