In a First, Chariot From Pre-Iron Age Found During Excavation in UP's Sanauli
In the past there has been evidence of horse in the Chalcolithic period. This discovery is an added thrust to inquire further into ancient Indian history.
Eram Agha | News18.comEramAghaUpdated:June 4, 2018, 12:58 PM IST
Director SK Manjul from ASI showing the chariot from the excavation site at Sanauli in Uttar Pradesh.
Baghpat: For the first time in the Indian sub-continent, burial pits have been found with chariots that date back to the Pre-Iron Age(Bronze). This new finding is set to create space for further investigation on dating of the Mahabharata period and further inquiry into the origins of the horse in the Harappa age, as per the experts involved in the three-month trial dig Uttar Pradesh's Sanauli.
The excavations that the team of archaeologists conducted was unveiled on Monday showing burial pits with chariots in the Pre-Iron Age (Bronze).
The burial pits have been found in the past excavations at Rakhigarhi, Kalibangan, and at Lothal, but the chariot has figured for the first time.
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