2,500-Year-Old ‘Yagya Kund’ Found In Rajasthan

JAIPUR, (IANS) – The Archaeological Survey of India has found a 2,500-year-old ‘yagya kund’, along with metal tools and coins among other ancient articles during the excavation of a mound in Bahaj village of Deeg Tehsil in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur division.

This excavation is being done in Deeg after 50 years, as earlier, it was done in Mathura. It is done at two different places on the mound of Bahaj village under the supervision of officials of the Archeology Department in Rajasthan’s Braj region.

Evidence of religious rituals like Yagya being performed thousands of years ago has also been found in the excavations. The soil taken out from the Havan Kund is kept separate, considered to be of special significance.

Also found are miniature pots in different shapes, sometimes containing copper coins wrapped in cloth.

During the excavation, tools made from bones and ancient baked clay sculptures from the Mauryan period have also been found.

A pair of statues of Ashwani Kumaras, also known as twin Hindu gods, associated with medicine, health, dawn, and the sciences, have been found which belong to the Sunga period. The names of Ashwini Kumar in Mahabharata are Dstra and Nasatya.

Till now, no evidence of the twin gods has been found in India before 700 BC. However, for the first time, this evidence from 200 BC has been found in Bahaj village, said officials. Idol plates of Ashwani Kumar of Sunga period and tools made from bones and fragments of pottery believed to be from Mahabharata period have also been found.

Excavation has been going on for four months at a mound in Bahaj village by the ASI’s Survey Board, Jaipur.