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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Expeditioners find ancient artifacts in Kashmir

Srinagar, Apr 15 (PTI) Two expeditioners of South Kashmir's Anantnag district have stumbled upon what they believe to be a 1500-year-old archaeological site in Zalangam village, 85 kms from here, and have suggested to the ASI to undertake excavation work there.

"When we set out for an expedition in the forest, little did we know that we were to discover an ancient civilization," Malik Tariq, an oncologist at S K Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, and Abdul Rouf, an engineering student told reporters.

They said they were researching the springs of Zalangam when they stumbled upon the site where artifacts, bricks, neolithic-age rocks, stone sculptures and coins were present.The site is located in a forest at a distance of two km from the famous spring of Kokernag in Anantnag.

"It is a prospective archaeological site."

Source: Press Trust of India.
Link: http://www.ptinews.com/news/610229_Expeditioners-find-ancient-artefacts-in-Kashmir.

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