Nearly 50 archaeological sites have been found in Prayagraj by a team from the department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology in the Ishwar Saran PG College.
The team conducted an archaeological village-to-village survey on foot in the vicinity of the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers of Prayagraj, from Jhunsi to Shringverpur and from Daraganj to Kali Paltan in Kaushambhi district on both sides of the Ganga river.
The survey stretched for 70 km on the ground surface and 3 to 5 km (in width) on both sides of the river.
It was carried out under the direction of principal of the college and head of the department and project director, Professor Anand Shankar Singh and the project deputy director and Assistant Professor Jamil Ahmad, along with his team.
This was, perhaps, the first time that an archaeological survey was taken up in this area on such a large scale.
Professor Singh said: “The survey was conducted in more than 80 villages on both the…