Archaeologists collect 5th-century city at Benisagar town on Odisha-Jharkhand border

Photo: IANS 5th-century city in Jharkhand Hundreds of artefacts excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from Benisagar, a town 85 kilometres from Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, recommend constant habitation from the 5th century A.D. to 16-17 century A.D. Archaeologists are constantly investigating and studying the sculptures, stone figures discovered from here. Lots of things that excite interest have actually likewise been discovered here, whose trick might be unwinded in the coming years. The ASI has actually consisted of Benisagar in the list of 100 most popular historical monoliths of the nation. The location was very first checked out by Colonel Tickell of the British Army in 1840, and in 1875 ADVERTISEMENT, an historian J.D. Beglar went to Benisagar and discovered some sculptures here. On the basis of these idols, he ascribed the date of the website to 7th century A.D. Historian KC Panigrahi likewise released a paper in 1956 about the historical remains. In 2003, the ASI performed excavation here for the very first time. This location was called Benisagar since of a substantial pond of size 300 by 340 meters, about which legend prevails in the cities that it was constructed by a king called Beni or Benu. Photo Credit: IANS Excavations performed by the ASI towards the south-east and eastern embankment of this tank have actually exposed lots of sculptural remains consisting of 2 Panchayatan temple complexes, pictures of Surya, Bhairava, Lakulisha, Agni, Kuber and so on. Apart from these, a stone seal has actually likewise been discovered from the website, which has the engraving “Priyangu Dheyam Chatuvidya (Chaturvidya)”, showing there was an individual called Priyangu, who was skilled in the 4 Vedas. The script of the engraving is Brahmi and the language is Sanskrit. Some scholars are of the view that the seal recuperated from Benisagar reveals that it was a centre of knowing, where 4 Vedas were taught. The healing of stones signifying Kama and copulation scenes, show that sex education was not a taboo throughout that time. Historians think that Benisagar should have been a location under the impact of Tantrism and Shaivism. According to the site of the Archaeological Sur
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