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Publisher: BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY |
| Author A. K. Narain, P. Singh | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 90 (B/W Illustrations) | |
| Cover: HARDCOVER | |
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11.00x8.5 inch |
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Weight 540 gm |
| Edition: 1977 | |
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HBX417 |
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The excavations at Rajghat were carried out by the Banaras Hindu University under my direction in the year 1957-58 and between the years 1960 and 1969. Initially it was intended to publish this work of several years into one volume. This could not be done as I went abroad in 1970. As many of the chapters were ready even before 1970 and were lying with the printers, we found no alternative but to publish the results of this important excavation in the form of self-contained monographs. I have, therefore, asked my colleagues Shri T. Ν. Roy and Dr. Purushottam Singh to get the report published in the present form. I am happy to put on record that within three months of the publication of the first part of the Rajghat excavation report, two more parts dealing with the Pottery and Small Finds by Shri T. N. Roy and Dr. Purushottam Singh respectively, are now ready. I hope that they will expedite the publication of the remaining parts of the report with the same zeal. I also take this opportunity to thank all concerned in the production of this report.
Rajghat (Long. 83° 1'30°E, Lat. 25º 4'30" N), representing part of the ancient settlement of Varanasi, is still locality of the city (Fig. 1). One who intends to visit the place may do so by hiring a rickshaw from Varanasi Cantt. to Rajghat, the distance being a little over six kilometres in a north-easterly direction. In fact, if one gets down at Kashi Railway Station, he will find himself right on the top of the mound. It is also approached by State Transport Bus plying between Varanası city and Mughalsarai.
The entire region bears traces of ancient as well as modern habitation of man. It is the main and the biggest mound. At places it rises to a height of about 15 metres from the present ground level (Fig 2). The Grand Trunk road to the Malaviya bridge and beyond cuts it unequally. It has also been cut in the west-cast direction by a by-pass road to the Vasanta College for Women. The southern face of the mound has a fairly vertical section over-looking the left bank of the Ganga. The northern face overlooking the right bank of the Barna is less vertical and of less height. On top of this mound exists the present Kashi Railway Station and its godown, the Vasanta College for Women, and the Lal Khan's tomb. To these modern buildings have been added recently a couple of residential quarters and office of the Akhil Bharat Sarva Seva Sangh and the Gandhian Institute. In spite of these disturbances, a consider-able part of the mound was available for excavation. The strategic position of Mound 1, with its precipitous scrap surrounded on the south-east by the Ganga, on the north and north-east by the Barna and towards the west and north-west probably by a moat is a significant indicator for the location of the ruins of ancient Varanasi. The statements of Greaves and Sherring that the ancient city of Varanasi stood farther north than at present, possibly, on both sides of the Barna, at a point where it joins the Ganga, also supports the above assumption. On the other side of the Barna, we could also locate the signs of ancient habitation at Sarai-Mohana. This site about 0.33 km from the Lal Khan's tomb covers an area of approximately 1 square km. It extends more towards north-north-east from the confluence of the Ganga and Barna. It appears to be a locality of ancient Varanasi extending on the other side of the river.
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