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<< Text Pages >> Mahadeoshal - Ancient Village or Settlement in India

Submitted by DrewParsons on Friday, 21 May 2010  Page Views: 4994

Multi-periodSite Name: Mahadeoshal
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 115.892 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nagaon
Latitude: 26.346000N  Longitude: 92.686000E
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Ancient settlement at Mahadeoshal in Nagaon District, Assam

Excavations in 2010 at the Mahadeoshal Archaeological Site near the bank of the Brahmaputra River in Nagaon district (old name Nowgong - 110 km east of Guwahati), Assam have uncovered evidence of a ceramic tradition linking it with other sites such as Ambari and confirm the State’s profitable trade links with other South East Asian countries at that time. The finds are to be displayed at a museum being constructed at the site.


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Re: Mahadeoshal by DrewParsons on Friday, 21 May 2010
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News item resourced by coldrum - Nagaon, Assam excavations reveal ceramic tradition

GUWAHATI, April 3 – The State Directorate of Archaeology has found a ceramic tradition, similar to that of the Ambari Archaeological Site, while conducting excavations at the Mahadeoshal Archaeological Site in Nagaon district.

Meanwhile, the Directorate has discovered a unique brick-built temple plinth during the excavation activities conducted at Gordoul Archeological Site in Sontipurdistrict. The temple plinth is datable to 7 Century AD. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is extending technical assistance to the Directorate in conducting excavations at the site.

The discovery of a ceramic tradition assumes significance due to the fact that it further confirms the State’s trade links with other South East Asian countries. This also gives an indication of the prosperity of the State during that time. The MahadeoshalArchaeological Site is located near the bank of the Brahmaputra.

The Archaeological Directorate has found other antiquities also at the Mahadeoshal site and all the artifacts found at the site would be displayed in the proposed in-situarchaeological museum at Mahadeoshal site. The museum is under construction, said sources in the Directorate.

The Directorate, which has now been elevated to a Class I Heads of Department by the State Government following the recommendations of the State Finance Commission, fulfilling a long standing demand, has been laying much emphasis on uplift of the status of thearchaeological sites and monuments in the recent years, besides the above excavations.

The State Government has also been coming forward with generous assistance utilizing the awards of the Twelfth Finance Commission. The works undertaken by theDirectorate in the recent years include the renovation of the Madan Kamdev Archaeological Site near Baihata Chariali.

Protection of the Kachari era rampart at Purana Maibong in N C Hills district, further exposition works at Deoparvat Archaeological Site in Golaghat district, construction of protective boundary walls at Raidingiya temple in Dibrugarh district, Pingeleswar ruins in Kamrup district have also been undertaken by the Directorate.

Moreover, protective boundary walls have also been provided by the Directorate to the Buddhist temple at Titabor in Jorhat district, Kakoijana Shiva Mandir in Bongaigaon district, Dirgheswari temple in Kamrup district, Maghnowa temple in Lakhimpur district and Sankhadevi and Gostol sites in Nagaon district, said the sources.

The Directorate has proposed to excavate the Gostol and Kakoijana Archaeological Sites during the current year. The Directorate has also completed audio-visual documentation of the 94 archaeological sites preserved by it.

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0410/at09


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