50 Thousand Years Old 350 Rare Antiquities Found in Mehtakhedi of Khargone
Sunday - March 12, 2017 12:40 am ,
Category : MADHYA PRADESH
Bhopal: Shridhar Vakankar Archeological Research Institute of Archeology Department has found 50 thousand years old 350 antiquities during excavation in Mehtakhedi of Khargone district. Prof. Dr. Kidog of South Korea visited the excavation site and has claimed to obtain better conclusion from the excavation here.
Commissioner Archeology Anupam Rajan informed that an excavation team led by the Former Head of the Department of Deccan College Pune and famous Archeologist Prof. Sheela Mishra was formed after obtaining permission from the Archeological Survey of India, New Delhi in the month of January 2017.
Responsibility from the institute was entrusted to Research Officer Dr. Jinendra Jain, Research Assistant Dr. Dhruvendra SinghJodha and Research Scholars of Deccan College Dr. Neetu Agarwal, Namrata Vishwas and GarimaKhansali.
Rajan mentioned that excavation work was started in the second week of February by Prof. Sheela Mishra and the team. 200 antiquities from trench 1 and 150 antiquities from trench 2 were found in the first fifteen days of the excavation.
Conclusion will be drawn after analyzing them. Development of human civilization is studied on the basis of underground deposition, ancient geographical analysis and types of apparatus. Work to explore micro relics is being carried out dissolving and filtering soil obtained from the excavation.
It may be mentioned that pieces of ostrich’s eggs related to modern human civilisation were found during excavation carried out in the year 2009 by Prof. Sheela Mishra. Date of micro blade was estimated 50 thousand years old by Prof.
Singhvi of Physical Research Laboratory-Ahmedabad. Carbon date of Ostrich’s egg was verified as over 42 thousand years old. Microlith is an apparatus or equipment of wood and bone which was used by pre-historical humans for hunting and post hunting activities.
Moreover Rajan informed that the conclusion of archeological and biological research conducted recently has proved that humans of today despite several dissimilarities are related to more than one lakh year old extended groups of Africa. Human civilization of Mehtakhedi area is related to African human group spread in the world over 50 thousand years ago.
Furthermore Rajan said that ancient relics found in Mehtakhedi certify that ancient and rare antiquities are available in abundance in the state.-WTN
Commissioner Archeology Anupam Rajan informed that an excavation team led by the Former Head of the Department of Deccan College Pune and famous Archeologist Prof. Sheela Mishra was formed after obtaining permission from the Archeological Survey of India, New Delhi in the month of January 2017.
Responsibility from the institute was entrusted to Research Officer Dr. Jinendra Jain, Research Assistant Dr. Dhruvendra SinghJodha and Research Scholars of Deccan College Dr. Neetu Agarwal, Namrata Vishwas and GarimaKhansali.
Conclusion will be drawn after analyzing them. Development of human civilization is studied on the basis of underground deposition, ancient geographical analysis and types of apparatus. Work to explore micro relics is being carried out dissolving and filtering soil obtained from the excavation.
It may be mentioned that pieces of ostrich’s eggs related to modern human civilisation were found during excavation carried out in the year 2009 by Prof. Sheela Mishra. Date of micro blade was estimated 50 thousand years old by Prof.
Singhvi of Physical Research Laboratory-Ahmedabad. Carbon date of Ostrich’s egg was verified as over 42 thousand years old. Microlith is an apparatus or equipment of wood and bone which was used by pre-historical humans for hunting and post hunting activities.
Moreover Rajan informed that the conclusion of archeological and biological research conducted recently has proved that humans of today despite several dissimilarities are related to more than one lakh year old extended groups of Africa. Human civilization of Mehtakhedi area is related to African human group spread in the world over 50 thousand years ago.
Furthermore Rajan said that ancient relics found in Mehtakhedi certify that ancient and rare antiquities are available in abundance in the state.-WTN
