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The Discovery

  • A 4000-year-old urban settlement has been unearthed at a site in Babhaniyav village, 15 km from
  • The ‘SURVEY’ was done by a team of the Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi
  • Experts say it is one of the craft villages mentioned in ancient texts.
  • BHU’s Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, which did the preliminary survey of the site  said it found remnants of one of the settlements mentioned  in ancient literature about the holy city.

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What has been found?

  • A temple dating back to the 5th Century AD through 8th  Century AD
  • Potteries which are 4000-year-old
  • Walls which are 2000-year-old
  • They have also found a pillar with a two-line text in Kushan- Brahmi script.
  • On the basis of the surface materials archaeologists can say  that the structure is anywhere between 3,500 to 4,000 year  old.

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  • The BHU team also unearthed a 5-metre cultural deposit like the ones found in Sarnath.
  • Such crafts villages have been earlier unearthed in Sarnath,  Tilmapur, Ramnagar and other areas. Babhaniyav is an  addition.
  • BHU team has started detailed excavation at the site from  February 23 onwards.
  • Once the excavation is complete we will get a clearer picture

Satellite town of Kashi

  • The site gains significance because of its proximity to  Varanasi.
  • Kashi is said to be 5,000 years old according to Hindu mythology texts.
  • Modern scholars believe it to be around 3,000 years old.
  • Babhaniyav could be a small sub-centre of Varanasi which grew as an urban town.

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Sanauli 2019

  • The Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) excavation of 4,000-year-old burial sites in Sanauli (Uttar Pradesh’s  Baghpat district) has unearthed underground “sacred  chambers”, decorated “legged coffins” as well as rice and dal  in pots and animal bones buried with the bodies, different  from Harappan culture.
  • It is contemporary to the last phase of the mature Harappan
  • Copper swords, helmets, shields and chariots

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