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Multi-periodSite Name: Wari-Bateswar Alternative Name: Wari-Bateshwar , উয়ারী-বটেশ্÷Country: Bangladesh
NOTE: This site is 70.716 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Narsingdi Nearest Village: Wari
Latitude: 23.920000N Longitude: 90.720000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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The site of an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BC situated in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh. This 2500 years old site is a significant archaeological discovery, challenging earlier notions about the existence of early urban civilisation in Bangladesh.
The site is about 75km from Dhaka situated near the Wari and Bateshwar villages in the Belabo Upazila of Narsingdi District. It was discovered in the early 1930s by a local school teacher, Hanif Pathan. However, formal excavation started only recently in 2000. The current scientific study is being carried out by a team from the Archaeology Department of Jahangirnagar University led by Professor Sufi Mostafizur Rahman.
More at Wikipedia
See also Archaeology Daily News 21 Mar 2010
Note: Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city, see comment
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