Characteristics of the Kalibanga Civilization are as follows:
1. This civilization was inhabited on the banks of Sarswati-Drishadvati rivers in the present Hanumangarh district.
2. There were two mounds of its town planning. The eastern mound is the town mound which was colonised. The western mound is the fort. Both the mounds were surrounded by the defence enclosures.
3. Kalibanga Civilization has remains of Pre-Harappan period, Harappan period and Post-Harappan civilizations.
4. In the Pre-Harappan period civilization there are ploughed farms, perhaps the oldest in the world.
5. In the absence of stone, the walls were made of mud bricks and they were joined with ash.
6. There were private and public drains and clay dustbins to collect rubbish as a part of town cleanliness plan.
7. The Ghaghar river flowing here presently was known as the Sarswati river in the ancient times.
8. There was a practice of Agni yajnas as a part of the religious belief.
9. The sun-baked bricks might have been in use for construction.
10.The script engraved on the clay wares and seals bears its resemblance to the Sandheva Script, which remain deciphered till today.
11.There were wooden and brick drains for the exit of water.
12.The copper made tools used here, for agriculture speak of their economic advancement.
13.The town planning of Kalibanga resembles the town planning of the Indus Valley.
14.Three samadhis have been found here as a sign of their religious beliefs and their devotion to the dead.
