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Disha Ahluwalia explaining Salvage Archaeology & it's salience in a country like India where neglect & apathy rule such that as per a statement of hers nearly 60 % of the Bronze Age Harappan sites explored are no longer there with the remaining in various stages of endangerment.
 

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Haryana: Around 400-year-old idols of Vishnu and Lakshmi unearthed during house construction, ASI rejects demands to place them in a temple

The villagers wanted the idols to be handed over to the panchayat as they wanted to build a temple on the plot. But the officials of the Archeology Department refused their demand.

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what if a 1:1 scale replica of any of the large habitations from sarasvati civilisation uncovered by ASI, is built in and around current urban centres ?

it will help the public understand the scale, instead of having to visualise from what they read from a few sentences of their books or internet.

since it was made of mostly brick and traditional materials which are still used, it shouldn't cost much by today's standards.
archaeologists will have a chance apply in real word the practicality aspect of their scientific assumptions and also ponder on aspects they haven't yet applied their mind on. to build something, practicality is essential, it's no longer a theoretical discussion.
 
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Punjab was Vaishnava territory. Hence such widespread vegetarianism. Now all that is gone. Not a single ancient Vishnu temple left. (Maybe 1 or 2).

I think most of the Gudurwaras are Vishnu temple sites.


Haryana: Around 400-year-old idols of Vishnu and Lakshmi unearthed during house construction, ASI rejects demands to place them in a temple

The villagers wanted the idols to be handed over to the panchayat as they wanted to build a temple on the plot. But the officials of the Archeology Department refused their demand.

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