Re: Indian archaeologists say they have found remains which point to the existence of a city about 7,000 years old in eastern India.
- From: Doug Weller <dweller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:02:11 +0000
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:50:59 -0800 (PST), in sci.archaeology, richard01
wrote:
On 19 Feb, 09:23, "Peter Jason" <p...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ancient city discovered in India
By Sandeep Sahu
Bhubaneswar
The remains have been discovered at
Sisupalgarh near Bhubaneswar, capital of the
eastern state of Orissa.
Researchers say the items found during the
excavation point to a highly developed urban
settlement.
The population of the city could have been in
the region of 20,000 to 25,000, the
archaeologists claim.
The excavations include 18 stone pillars,
pottery, terracotta ornaments and bangles,
finger rings, ear spools and pendants made of
clay.
But some historians and archaeologists in
Orissa have expressed reservations about the
claim of the researchers - they say it is too
early to say anything about the population or
periodicity of the area.
'Significance'
RK Mohanty of the department of archaeology,
Deccan College, Pune, who is one of the two
researchers involved in the excavations.
"The significance of this ancient city
becomes clear when one bears in mind the fact
that the population of classical Athens was
barely 10,000," he said.
Mr Mohanty, along with Monica Smith of the
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University
of California, has been carrying out limited
excavations at the site every year since 2005
with the permission of the Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI).
The latest round of excavations ended last
Monday and the new discoveries have been
covered with special plastic material and
earth to preserve them before further digging
is taken up in subsequent years.
The first excavations at the site were
carried out by Prof BB Lal as far back as in
1948.
On the basis of the architectural pattern and
artefacts discovered during the early
excavations, Prof Lal concluded that this
fort city flourished between 3rd century BC
and 4th century AD.
On the basis of the new findings, Ms Smith
and Mr Mohanty claim that the fortified city
flourished from around 5th century BC and
probably lasted well after the 4th century.
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I'm very impressed by the claim that a city dating back to the 5th
century BC can be claimed as 7000 years old.
Where in the world did that come from?
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200802081202.htm
Bhubaneswar (PTI): Remains of an ancient city believed to be around 2500
years old have been unearthed by archaeologists at Sishupalgarh near here.
The remnants at the historical site including 18 pillars came to light
during a fresh research work undertaken by a team of archaeologists
including Monica L Smith of The University Of California and R K Mohanty
of Deccan College, Pune.
"A huge city existed at the site around 2500 years ago. The latest
findings at the site comprise the most visible standing architectural
structures discovered in India so far," Smith said while explaining
various aspects of the findings.
Looking around the net, I see Google finds a BBC story about a 7000 year
old city in India -- but the story doesn't say that. Elsewhere someone
says the story used to say that. So, I think someone at the BBC got the
story wrong in the first place, confused by the recent find of a 7000 year
old city in Egypt, and....
Doug
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