Prayagraj: A team of experts from department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology at Iswar Saran PG College, conducted a survey along the Ganga and Yamuna, from Jhunsi to Sringverpur and from Daraganj to Kali Paltan in Kaushambi district, on both sides and found more than four dozen archaeological sites.
The survey stretched over 70 km on the ground and 3-5 km (in width) on both sides of the rivers.
The exploration was done under college principal and head of department, Prof Anand Shankar Singh as project director along with assistant professor Jamil Ahmad as his deputy and the team. It is perhaps, for the first time, that an archaeological survey of such magnitude has been done in this area.
“The survey covered over 80 villages on both the shores of the Ganga in Phoolpur, Sadar and Soraon tehsils of Prayagraj district and Chail tehsil of Kaushambi district. We marked and documented 50 sites of archaeological importance from where a large number of archaeological remains from Chalcolithic period (around 3,000 to 2,000BC) to the Mughal period and later, were found,” said Prof Singh.
The remains include various types of potteries, terracotta, semi-precious stones, microliths (1cm to 8cm stone tools), beads, stone and iron tools and objects made of bone and ivory, he added.
The area on either side of the Ganga, except for Shringverpur and Hetapatti, has not yet been extensively excavated. The human habitat in the area could be more than 4,000 years old, Singh added.