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Re-Excavation Of Ancient Satvahana Dynasty's Site Begins
5 February, 2015
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MessageoEagle!co"- Searching for the missing cultural links to SatvahanaDynasty, archaeologists of the Directorate of Archaeology anduseums, aharashtra !ill e"cavate the site near #er in$smanabad district%
#er is an im&ortant archaeological site associated !ith theSatavahana dynasty, located on the trade route !ith the then
'oman (m&ire%
#he to!ns of #er and )aithan, mentioned in the )eri&lus of the (rithrean Sea, !ereamong the best kno!n inland su&&liers of e"&ort goods to *ndian $cean trade%
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Coins of Satavahana Empire (50 B.C. to 250 A.D.). Image credit:Arn !o" C.#a$ad%a &'oodaidri
#erracotta &ots, glass beads, +arnelian fle" and shells have been found during t hee"cavation !ork that started on anuary 2%
#he Satavahana Dynasty that ruled the large &art of +entral *ndia in second century.+, evolved in Southern *ndia and became the most significant dynasty of *ndia for/50 years%
#odays )aithan then )rathisthan3 !as the ca&ital of Satvahana (m&ire%
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Credits: Department of State Archaeo$og" *"deraad
*n the sacred !ritings of the 4indus, the name of )ratishthan or the ca&ital,Sant&ura or the city of blood, ung )ratishthan and .rahma&uri )ratishthartn areall su&&osed to refer to the to!n of )aithan%
According to the )ratishthan ahatmya, a 4indu legendary account of the origin ofthe to!n, .rahma, after having created the !orld, selected this s&ot on the holy
6odavari as his residence and named it )attam !hich means flourishing and laterchanged its name to 7 )ratishthana7, a Sanskrit !ord signifying the ce$estia$ aodeof the gods%
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)aithan7s trade route !ith 'ome !as established after the researchers in *taly foundsimilar terracotta figurines that can be found in #er,8 said Dr% )atil%
79e are e"cited to begin our !ork on such an im&ortant site% #his !as an im&ortant &lace on the trade
route !ith the then 'oman (m&ire, said Dr% aya )atil, De&uty Director, Directorate of Archaeologyand useums%
9e ho&e that ne! discoveries a!ait us in ne"t t!o months, as !e start !orking%7
#hough the site first discovered by .ritish researchers in early 1:00, an illiteratevillager called 'amlinga&&a ;amture &layed a crucial role in &reserving a number ofterracotta figurines, &endants and several artefacts%
)rominent researchers like Dr% S%.% Deo !orked in #er till 1:
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Archaeologists have found terracotta &ots of different sha&es, si>es and colours redand black3, different kinds of beads and semi-&recious stones, glass beads and+arnelian fle" that suggest that the site may also have housed a small-scale bead-making industry%
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