ASI Declares Site &Remains at Baghpat to be of National Importance

The archaeological site and remains at SadikpurSinauli in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district where evidence of the existence of a warrior class around 2,000 BCE was discovered in 2018 have been declared to be of “national importance” by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Highlights

  • The ASI’s notification under provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 brings the 28.67-hectare-site under Central protection.
  • The site would now be maintained by the ASI and development works around it would be subject to Central rules.
  • The notification comes two years after the ASI unearthed remains of three chariots, shields, legged coffins, ....
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