ranjitjat
October 23rd, 2003, 05:08 PM
ASI to begin excavations for Indus Valley Civilisation
Our Correspondent
Fatehabad, October 22
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will begin excavations near Bhirdana village in this district next week. Evidence about the existence of the Indus Valley Civilisation had been found here.
Mr R.S. Bist, Joint Director of the ASI, was here yesterday with his team. He visited several archaeological sites in the district, including Banawali, Kunal and Bhirdana. The Joint Director also visited the old fort of Fatehabad town where a pillar dating back to the period of Ashoka was situated.
The Deputy Commissioner, Dr R.B. Langyan, today said that Mr Bist had told him that the ASI would begin excavations at Bhirdana by next week. He said that he suggested the ASI team to develop the old fort and the adjoining lake of the town in to a tourist place. Dr Langyan said that the Union Tourism Minister, Mr Jagmohan, was expected to visit the town and its surrounding archaeological spots very soon.
The ASI had identified Banawali, Kunal and Bhirdana as sites of the times of Indus Valley Civilisation, while the old fort and the adjoining lake at the town was constructed by Mughal emperor Firoze Shah Tuglak. A pillar is situated in an idgah in the middle of the fort. Certain historians term this pillar as the ‘Vijay Stoop’ of Ashoka the Great while some others term this as ‘Firozi Laat’.
DHARMPAL DUDEE
Our Correspondent
Fatehabad, October 22
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will begin excavations near Bhirdana village in this district next week. Evidence about the existence of the Indus Valley Civilisation had been found here.
Mr R.S. Bist, Joint Director of the ASI, was here yesterday with his team. He visited several archaeological sites in the district, including Banawali, Kunal and Bhirdana. The Joint Director also visited the old fort of Fatehabad town where a pillar dating back to the period of Ashoka was situated.
The Deputy Commissioner, Dr R.B. Langyan, today said that Mr Bist had told him that the ASI would begin excavations at Bhirdana by next week. He said that he suggested the ASI team to develop the old fort and the adjoining lake of the town in to a tourist place. Dr Langyan said that the Union Tourism Minister, Mr Jagmohan, was expected to visit the town and its surrounding archaeological spots very soon.
The ASI had identified Banawali, Kunal and Bhirdana as sites of the times of Indus Valley Civilisation, while the old fort and the adjoining lake at the town was constructed by Mughal emperor Firoze Shah Tuglak. A pillar is situated in an idgah in the middle of the fort. Certain historians term this pillar as the ‘Vijay Stoop’ of Ashoka the Great while some others term this as ‘Firozi Laat’.
DHARMPAL DUDEE