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CAPstoNe oF siddiPet

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF INDIA The Telangana archaeology
Department has excavated one of
Archaeologists uncover all kinds of artefacts among archaeological sites india's largest capstone of 40 tonnes
and ruins. Sites may range from those with little or no visible remains from a burial site in siddipet district of
above ground to buildings and structures till in use. India is rich in Telangana.
archaeological sites and their excavations have given us an insight into
the life of many societies thriving at that point of time. Ananya Mathur, XE and Saaketh, XA, Bharatiya Vidya
Bhavan's Public School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad;
Avni Magotra and Ayush Kumar , VII B, Model Academy, Jammu Isha Dutta , XII C, Army Public School, Bolarum,
Hyderabad
roMAN CoNNeCtioN ANCieNt WisdoM-NALANdA

arikamedu in Pondicherry is
an ancient industrial port city. Nalanda in bihar is one of the
The first major work by the asi oldest educational centres
on this site was undertaken by in india (5th century aD).
Mortimer Wheeler in 1945. The university was built by
The excavation led to the discovery of artefacts like Kumaragupta i of the gupta
vessels, wine making jars, beads, gemstones, roman dynasty and later the Pala
cutlery among others. artefacts of Chinese origin and kings continued to extend
coins from the Chola dynasty were also found. their patronage. excavations
C. Priyadarshini, X C, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School, Jubilee conducted by the asi have uncovered the remains of 6
Hills, Hyderabad major brick temples and 11 monasteries. The excavations
have also unearthed many sculptures of the buddha
ACtiVitY and images of deities like Vishnu, shiva-Parvati in stone,
imagine you are a roman merchant travelling to bronze and stucco. Other discoveries include murals,
arikamedu. what would you sell to and buy from the copper plates, inscriptions, plaques, coins, terracotta, and
indian Merchants? write an interesting conversation pottery among others.
between you and an indian merchant.
Sneha Jain, XB, Delhi Public School, Jabalpur ; Devenshwar Arya, XII, Pine Hall
School, Dehradun; Gourisha Bhatia, IX, Global Indian International School,
GLorY oF GoPAKAPAttiNAM Indore

archaeologists discovered a ACtiVitY
wharf in gopakapattinam, how do you think the education system in the past at
goa which suggests the Nalanda was similar to the education system today? Can
existence of an ancient port we find two points of similarity?
on the Zuari river near goa.
it may date back to around A Lost CiViLiZAtioN
4,500 years and shows
evidence of early trade on india's central west coast. steps The asi has recently
going into the water have also been discovered. excavated various
megaliths called
‘menhir’ at Vangchhia
KNoW KUMhrAr in Mizoram. it is one of
remains of the ancient city of the largest necropolis
Pataliputra were excavated at sites in india. The stone
Kumhrar in Patna. it has the structures depict floral,
remains of a Mauryan 80 pillared animal and human figures.
hall. The asi also excavated the Vangchhia is Mizoram’s only asi-protected site. Other
brick structures of the gupta period identified as ‘arogya mysterious sites that have been excavated include a
Vihara’ (hospital-cum-monastery) on the basis of an water pavilion, terraces, remains of what could have
inscribed terracotta seal discovered from the place. been a palatial building and a 20 feet wide road.
Saumya Sinha, VD, Bridgeford School, Tupudana, Ranchi

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