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<< Text Pages >> Wari-Bateswar - Ancient Village or Settlement in Bangladesh

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Multi-periodSite Name: Wari-Bateswar Alternative Name: Wari-Bateshwar , উয়ারী-বটেশ্÷
Country: Bangladesh Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Narsingdi  Nearest Village: Wari
Latitude: 23.920000N  Longitude: 90.720000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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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.

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Re: Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city by Anonymous on Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Please correct the country name. It will be Bangladesh.. not India.
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    Re: Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city by Andy B on Thursday, 15 December 2011
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    Thanks - fixed - we didn't have Bangladesh listed last year. If you have any photos or information about ancient sites in Bangladesh we would be very interested to see them.
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Re: Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city by DrewParsons on Monday, 17 May 2010
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In Wari-Bateshwar of Narsingdi, archaeologists have recently excavated a 1,400-year-old Lotus Temple, the first proof of flourishing of Buddhism in the region. The brick-built temple constructed around seventh or eighth century--as evidenced by its structure and the size and shapes of the bricks and other finds excavated at Mandirvita at Dhupirtek of Shibpur in the district--suggests existence of a Buddha Vihara there, they said. "This is the first ever proof that Buddhism flourished and was practised in Wari-Bateshwar region of Madhupur tract," said Prof Sufi Mostafizur Rahman, who is leading the excavation team comprised of researchers from archaeological research centre Oitihya Onneswan, teachers and students of archaeology department of Jahangirnagar University.

According to a copper plaque found in 1885 at Ashrafpur, 7km from Mandirvita, King Devakhadga had donated land to four Viharas and Viharikas in the area. "If we take the plaque into account, Dhupirtek might be one of these four sites," said Mostafizur Rahman. The temple also indicates different phases of ancient settlement in the region dating back to 450 BC. In 2001, examination of charcoal samples confirmed the existence of human habitation and industry in Wari-Bateshwar around 450 BC. Archaeologists think the civilisation lasted for 500 years.

The archaeology team had excavated a small portion of the temple last year. The recent excavation has unearthed the perfectly square brick-built structure. The excavators' claim of the structure to be a Buddhist Lotus Temple was confirmed when they found an eight-petal lotus made of dressed red bricks embedded on an altar. In Buddhism, the lotus--padma--is a very important symbol of many aspects of the path to enlightenment--complete purification of the body, speech and mind, and the blossoming of wholesome deeds in liberation. The Buddha is often depicted as sitting on a fully blossomed lotus. The red lotus signifies the original nature and purity of the heart.

Remnants of seven more brick-built lotuses were also found during the excavation. A 70cm circumambulation path (pradakshinpatha) was also found around the temple. The lotus embedded brick-built altar is above the southern wall of the temple, which was used as the main temple at an earlier time, showing that the altar was built later.

The team of archaeologists is now working to determine how long the temple survived in each phase and why it was destroyed and rebuilt. "We want to preserve the temple as we find it, using the same materials used for its construction, showing the phases of change the temple underwent," said deputy team leader Mizanur Rahman. "Unfortunately, we are under financial constraints but our work requires more research and excavation.”

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Re: Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city by DrewParsons on Monday, 17 May 2010
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The Wari-Bateshwar site was discovered in 1933 by a local school teacher although official excavations only began in 2000. It is thought that the site may be an ancient commercial centre and finds suggest trading contacts with Roman and South East Asian communities. Large quantities of silver coins have also been found, often marked with images of boats, fish or the sun. Those recovered in the current official excavations probably represent only a small fraction of the original finds, as locals state that many have been discovered and melted down or sold between the 1933 and 2000.

More recent excavation discoveries include a pit type dwelling resembling those seen in India and Pakistan which date back to 2000 BC, and a 1400 year old Buddhist Lotus Temple. I was in Narsingdi in November 2009.
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Fresh dig starts at 2,500 year old fort city by Andy B on Sunday, 16 May 2010
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Fresh excavations to unearth further secrets of an ancient fort city at Wari Bateswar, one of Bangladesh's major archaeological sites, were launched in January.

This is the ninth dig over the past decade at the site, which has already divulged the sub-continent's oldest silver punch-marked coins.

Local government minister Syed Asharaful Islam, inaugurating the new excavations, said: "The archaeological findings of this area are signs of a 2,500 year old civilisation. We have to hold on to that heritage."

The archaeology department of Jahangirnagar University began work at the site in 2000. The entire project has been led by Sufi Mustafizur Rahman, the current chairman of the department and also executive director of private archaeological research centre Oitihya Onneswan.

Earlier excavations uncovered the fort city, thought to be a major trading post on the Buriganga River, dating from around 500 BCE.

Evidence of a river port, roads and alleys have already been found at the site, along with treasures including ceramic nameplates, precious stones, glass beads and coin vaults that included the priceless find of the sub-continent's oldest silver punch-marked coins.

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