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Multi-periodSite Name: Jajmau ka tila Alternative Name: Jajmau ka kila, Siddhapuri
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 125.501 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kanpur  Nearest Village: Jajmau
Latitude: 26.434250N  Longitude: 80.407900E
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Jajmau ka tila is an ancient settlement in Jajmau, Kanpur dating back to 1300 BC

Jajmau ka tila is a huge mound situated on the banks of the Ganga (Ganges) river in a suburb of Kanpur. The site was discovered in 1956 during the construction of a bridge across the Ganges. Copper artifacts and Painted Grey Ware pot sherds were found on the surface at the site which had been used as a garbage tip and was occupied by squatters. Excavations were undertaken initially in two phases in 1956-58 and 1973-78. The latter turned up a clay seal inscribed in Brahmi.

2006 saw further excavations during the widening of the Ganges Bridge highway and finds from this excavation included Black and Red Ware pottery, a hoard of 700 silver punch-marked coins bearing images of the sun, crescents and trees on them. Also found were terracotta ware and both mud and baked bricks from the Mauryan and pre-Mauryan period. Charcoal finds have been radio carbon dated to 1300 - 1200 BC.

Some ruins have been left undisturbed to illustrate construction and layout. Interestingly, gaps between the houses would imply a drainage system whilst there is evidence of a water supply system too.

Artifacts recovered from the site are housed in Kanpur's Sangrahalaya Museum.
Within a few metres of the site are the ruins of a Kushan Period settlement dated to 100 BC - 300 AD which was discovered in 2009.


References:
http://www.uparchaeology.org/exploration_excavation1_3.htm#trail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajmau



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Re: Jajmau ka tila by DrewParsons on Thursday, 20 May 2010
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Unearthing 3200 yrs of civilisation. Resourced by coldrum.

More than two years after the excavation began at the historic Jajmau Ka Tila (a mound), the excavators of the UP State Archaelogical department (UPSAD) have reportedly unearthed a rural settlement dating back to 1200 BC, that is, a structure almost 3,200 years old. The items found on the site like bricks, coins, utensils etc belong to the pre-Mauryan or pre-Northern Black Polished Ware (pre-NBP) era.

A UPSAD official present at the excavation site said: "We have verified the age of items found here through carbon-dating. The constructions here are 3,200 years old, indeed.''

The various layers of the mound have already revealed evidence of pre-Mauryan, Mauryan, Sunga and Kushana period. Now, with the evidence of pre-NBP era also unearthed, the city's link with the ancient past of India has been established more firmly.

"The complexes that have been dug out clearly indicate the systematic and well-defined rural settlements of the pre-NBP period. In addition, a gap of 970 cm between the two house complexes also suggests that there might have been a drain or a street parting the two houses," said the UPSAD official.

"The yellow-coloured natural soil is an evidence of the beginning of human settlements. Mud bricks of size 50X25X10 cm have also been dug up during the exercise. The discovery also reveals that the human settlement had started 3,000 years ago near the water channel," he added.

Northern Black Polished Ware -- a fine hard earthen pottery with a glossy surface -- human and animal terracotta figurines and inscribed terracotta seals were also found. Soak wells lined with terracotta rings and burnt bricks were unearthed, although most of the dwellings were made of mud bricks, that were reinforced with wooden posts in some cases.

There is evidence of dense hutments in the Mauryan period. The bones of the tortoise and fishes indicate that these were probably used as food.

"We have unearthed many walls and structures erected during NBP period and also found the evidence of an elaborate drainage system as well as a water supply system. A unique town existed under this place," said the UPSAD official.

Also as many as 780 coins belonging to NBP period have been unearthed and excavators claimed that the seal impressions on some of the coins provide proof of at least four dynasties of the period. Apart from this, seals, pieces of pottery, utensils and ornaments have also been collected from the site.

"Some ruins have been left undisturbed to give an idea of how the bricks of the houses during the Mauryan period looked after the structures got destroyed," he stated. The ruins have both mud and burnt bricks of measurement 50X23X7 cm that indicate a settlement where activities such as cooking, cleaning of utensils and water drainage was carried out. The staircase structure, the 6 ring wells dug into the natural soil, the tile-structure are some of the other ruins found during the excavation exercise.

"The erected ruins are also an indication as to how the people used water channels to prevent the river from flowing into their settlements," added the UPSAD official.

Within few yards of the excavation site are the ruins of Kushan Period (100 BC- 300 AD) dating back to 2,000 years that were discovered in 2009.

As the excavators continue to dig even deeper, with patience and hard work, they are sure to unearth another chapter in the history of civilisation in the years to come.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Unearthing-3200-yrs-of-civilisation/articleshow/5683593.cms
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