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ASI Finds 8th Century Objects, Trade Centre Remains in Andhra

  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unearthed a 2000-year old historic trade settlement in Andhra Pradesh’s Gottiprolu village, along with a Pallava-period Vishnu statue.
  • The bricks unearthed are comparable with the Satavahana or Ikshvaku period structures in Krishna river valley (Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda). On the basis of brick size and associated findings, they can be placed anywhere between 2nd-1st century BC or little later, which makes them nearly 2000 years old.
  • The site could have functioned as a trade centre, given the presence of Roman-style amphorae wares mostly ....
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