Welcome Post Ancient India
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the first blog post of Ancient India!
Here I am going to share details about ancient Indian art, cultures, architecture, history, places, fort, palaces.
India is such a vast country with so many culture and diversity. Varanasi also known as kashi and benaras situated in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh is the most sacred city in India and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. indicating that the holy town has been a continuous human settlement since the days of the Indus Valley Civilization around 6000 years ago.
(Lord Shiva in Nataraj posture)
Patachithra Paintings(Originated from the fifth century in religious hubs like Puri and Konark)
Bhimbetka rock art (30,000 years old)
Kailasanatha temple, Ellora
Saraswati archaeological sites, given a misleading name of ‘Indus Valley Civilization’ are the oldest date-able evidence of Indian culture – going back to earlier than 3000 BC. With retro-fitted history, the ‘discovery’ of the ‘Indus Valley Civilization’ was inconvenient, for Western history.India was left with just one Indus site, in Gujarat and a couple of other sites towards the north, so there was an urgency to discover more Indus sites in India. This has been among the big achievements of Indian archaeology post-independence – that hundreds of Indus sites today are known, not only in Gujarat but also in Rajasthan, in Punjab, in Haryana, and even in Utter (sic) Pradesh.
Lothal, believed to be the oldest dockyard in the world, is located at the head of the Gulf of Khambhat.
One such new site is sinauli. Uttar Pradesh village could have possible Harappan link.
Sinauli was accidentally discovered by people leveling agricultural land. The Archaeological Survey of India began excavations at the site during September 2005. The site has been categorized as a prominent cemetery of the late Harappan period.
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the first blog post of Ancient India!
Here I am going to share details about ancient Indian art, cultures, architecture, history, places, fort, palaces.
India is such a vast country with so many culture and diversity. Varanasi also known as kashi and benaras situated in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh is the most sacred city in India and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. indicating that the holy town has been a continuous human settlement since the days of the Indus Valley Civilization around 6000 years ago.
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| (Lord Shiva in Nataraj posture) | Patachithra Paintings(Originated from the fifth century in religious hubs like Puri and Konark) |
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| Bhimbetka rock art (30,000 years old) | Kailasanatha temple, Ellora |
Saraswati archaeological sites, given a misleading name of ‘Indus Valley Civilization’ are the oldest date-able evidence of Indian culture – going back to earlier than 3000 BC. With retro-fitted history, the ‘discovery’ of the ‘Indus Valley Civilization’ was inconvenient, for Western history.India was left with just one Indus site, in Gujarat and a couple of other sites towards the north, so there was an urgency to discover more Indus sites in India. This has been among the big achievements of Indian archaeology post-independence – that hundreds of Indus sites today are known, not only in Gujarat but also in Rajasthan, in Punjab, in Haryana, and even in Utter (sic) Pradesh.
Lothal, believed to be the oldest dockyard in the world, is located at the head of the Gulf of Khambhat.
One such new site is sinauli. Uttar Pradesh village could have possible Harappan link.
Sinauli was accidentally discovered by people leveling agricultural land. The Archaeological Survey of India began excavations at the site during September 2005. The site has been categorized as a prominent cemetery of the late Harappan period.
As of 2007, the graves found are dated c. 2200–1800 BCE and 125 in number. These are all oriented in a north-south direction and most are identified as primary burials. Some of the burials are identified as secondary and multiple burials and animal bones have also been discovered next to human bones. The age of the buried starts from 1–2 years and includes all age groups and both male and female. Burial goods generally consisted of odd number of vases (3, 5, 7, 9, 11 etc.) placed near the head, with dish-on-stand usually placed below the hip area as well as antenna swords, sheath of copper, terracotta figurines, gold and copper bangles, beads of semi-precious stones (two necklaces of long barrel shape) etc.
Remains of a burnt brick wall with a finished inner surface ran along the eastern side of the burial. A dish-on-stand and a violin-shaped flat copper container having nearly 35 arrowhead shaped copper pieces placed in a row are included in other important findings from Sinauli.
Excavations conducted at Sinauli in 2018 have yielded the remains of two "chariots" along with eight well-preserved corpses. The burials are said to belong to the period 2000 - 1800 BCE and included chariot parts like wheels, axles, and poles. The archaeological team proposed a connection with royalty and a warrior class for the findings.
In the upcoming blogs, discussion on the architecture of Indian in ancient and medieval times.
As of 2007, the graves found are dated c. 2200–1800 BCE and 125 in number. These are all oriented in a north-south direction and most are identified as primary burials. Some of the burials are identified as secondary and multiple burials and animal bones have also been discovered next to human bones. The age of the buried starts from 1–2 years and includes all age groups and both male and female. Burial goods generally consisted of odd number of vases (3, 5, 7, 9, 11 etc.) placed near the head, with dish-on-stand usually placed below the hip area as well as antenna swords, sheath of copper, terracotta figurines, gold and copper bangles, beads of semi-precious stones (two necklaces of long barrel shape) etc.
Remains of a burnt brick wall with a finished inner surface ran along the eastern side of the burial. A dish-on-stand and a violin-shaped flat copper container having nearly 35 arrowhead shaped copper pieces placed in a row are included in other important findings from Sinauli.
Excavations conducted at Sinauli in 2018 have yielded the remains of two "chariots" along with eight well-preserved corpses. The burials are said to belong to the period 2000 - 1800 BCE and included chariot parts like wheels, axles, and poles. The archaeological team proposed a connection with royalty and a warrior class for the findings.
In the upcoming blogs, discussion on the architecture of Indian in ancient and medieval times.
Excavations conducted at Sinauli in 2018 have yielded the remains of two "chariots" along with eight well-preserved corpses. The burials are said to belong to the period 2000 - 1800 BCE and included chariot parts like wheels, axles, and poles. The archaeological team proposed a connection with royalty and a warrior class for the findings.
In the upcoming blogs, discussion on the architecture of Indian in ancient and medieval times.
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