Archaeological Remains of Ancient India

Vamsi

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Huge hoard of copper weapons and items found in Mainpuri. Estimated to be around 4k years old i.e. similar age as the Sinauli finings. Adds to evidence that Gangetic plains had a developed civilization contemporary to Harappan. It was a warrior culture
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Few days ago I read that Gangetic culture predates Harappan
 

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Hastinapur: Archaeology of the Mahabharata

I visited Hastinapur around 8-9 yr back. There were a lot of archeological sites which were closed. Local people mentioned that there full on old time things beneath the current land surface but all was hidden and access was blocked at almost all the sites.
The reason was mostly given as "Shantipriye Samudaye ki bhavanaye ahat hongi"

If we do some serious digging in and around Hastinapur we will complete old cities mentioned in Mahabharat.

The current city is kind of hijacked by the Jain community who built so many of their temples and made the city as their pilgrimage,
 

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I visited Hastinapur around 8-9 yr back. There were a lot of archeological sites which were closed. Local people mentioned that there full on old time things beneath the current land surface but all was hidden and access was blocked at almost all the sites.
The reason was mostly given as "Shantipriye Samudaye ki bhavanaye ahat hongi"

If we do some serious digging in and around Hastinapur we will complete old cities mentioned in Mahabharat.

The current city is kind of hijacked by the Jain community who built so many of their temples and made the city as their pilgrimage,
My memory is rusty, but IIRC, BB Lal proved that the current hastinapur citadel is likely to be the one mentioned in the mahabharata, because the mahabharata mentions the destruction of hastinapur in a major flood and there are massive flood erosion marks on the citadel - of course, there can be more than 1 flood and more than 1 citadel.
 

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