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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF INDIA Nearly 400-500 ancient Jain and
Buddhist idols were excavated
We thank the students for the insightful entries on local archaeological sites. from cultivated land in Etawah
district of Uttar Pradesh. Most of
these sculptures were carved out
historiCAL hAMPi from red, black and white stones.
Ansh Jha, VII A, Suditi Global Academy,
Hampi, a uNesCO world Etawah
heritage site in Karnataka,
is famous for the ruins of
the Vijaynagara empire. sANGAM storY oF KeeLAdi
excavations have revealed around 3,000
a large number of palatial antiquities have been
complexes and basements discovered at Keeladi
of several platforms. it near Madurai by the
also include stone images, asi, dating back to
terracotta objects, stucco the early sangam
figures, gold and copper age. These findings
coins, household utensils, Illustration by: Kajal Yadav, IXC, include remains of the brick structures and arretine
a square stepped-tank and Suditi Global Academy, Etawah potsherds, which suggest a possible trade with rome.
inscribed buddhist sculptures. Objects like glass, pearl, terracotta beads and figurines
Diksha, VI, Pine Hall School, Dehradun; Fiza Kazmi, X, Suditi Global and early historic pottery have also been excavated.
Academy, Etawah; Arjun Namburu, Epistemo Global School, Hyderabad

sUPrisiNG FiNds oF sirPUr
LAKhAMANdAL
Sirpur is a historical
town in Chhattisgarh. lakhamandal is an ancient hindu temple complex in
it is believed that due uttarakhand. it is often connected with the episode
to a natural calamity, of lakshagriha during the Mahabharata period where
the settlement got Duryodhana conspired to burn the Pandavas alive. upon
buried under debris. The research of buried structures in the temple complex, the
excavations here include remains of a miniature flat roofed temple belonging to
shiva and Vishnu temples, 5th - 6th century aD were unearthed.
buddha and Jain viharas, remains of an ancient market, an Nidhi Verma, VIII and Akshita Rawat, X, Raksha Anusandhan Vidyalaya,
ayurveda healing centre, a 6th century snan kund and a Dehradun
granary. silver coins from Mughal period and Tamrapatra
of Kalachuri era were also found during excavations,
suggesting this region was a major trade centre.
Harshvardhan Adil, VIII E, Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurgaon TEMPLE STORy

The archaeologists opened the underground
BeAUtiFUL BUrZAhoM chambers of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple,
th
The Neolithic site of Burzahom in Jammu and Kashmir Kerala that dates back to 16 century. They
suggests changes in human survival from Neolithic discovered diamonds and gold and other antique
period to Megalithic period. The discovery of tools jewellery. Recently the State Archaeology
made of animal bones and antlers, and their burials are Department has also started excavations around the
unique features of the place. temple complex.
Sanjana Shyamsundar, VI F, Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurgaon Mahima Gopinath, XC, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School,
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

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