Countless number of proposals have been sent to the Indian Council of Historical Research till date. Though the proposals had been accepted, this is the first time that an expedition will be carried out. The Advisory Board of the Archaeological Survey of India approved the proposal to study the Ram Setu bridge through an expedition last month by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) to ascertain whether there are any submerged habitations around the Ram Setu.
The main reason for the expedition is to study if the bridge is man-made or natural. In the proposal note, the NIO said, “The historicity and the date of Ramayana remain a debatable subject among historians, archaeologists and scientists. It is proposed to carry out scientific and underwater archaeological studies to understand the nature and formation of the Ram Setu and its surrounding area.”
According to media reports, the expedition is said to start by…