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PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019 | PRINT ISSN No. 2250 - 1991 Exploration on Budhi Ganga, Hastinapur. CONCLUSION From this old route of Ganga we explored some potsherds of In the time of Nichakshu, the flood in Hastinapur was so fierce Painted Grey ware [Refer Fig 5]. Previously we found these that almost everything in Hastinapur was destroyed in the types of potsherds of Painted Grey Ware from Ulta Khera flood, due to which Nichakshu had to make Kaushambi its Mound [3]. capital. After this flood River Ganga changed its path. After the excavation of the 1950s, Mahabharata evidences were never discovered near/on the bed of Budhi Ganga. All the attention has not been given at the places between the old Ganges and the Ganges (new route after flood, present route), the discovery is a distant subject.
In the report of Hastinapur excavation (1950-52; published in Ancient India no 10 and 11), author of the report fails to mention the type of pottery found in the borings done in Khadar area near Budhi Ganga. He only mentioned that ancient pottery was found mixed with river pebbles at certain depth. Potsherds of Painted Grey Ware at the upper stratum of Budhi Ganga are really a shocking thing for us. It may be the Fig 5: Potsherds of Painted Grey Ware from Budhi Ganga, first time that sherd of Painted Grey ware is recovered from Hastinapur Budhi Ganga at Hastinapur. It will be a mere chance, that some time before we found one sherd of PGW from Ulta Khera Mound and the part (?) of same shard we recovered from Budhi Ganga. In 1991, PGW was also reported at nearby villages on the bank of Budhi Ganga in district Muzaffarnagar. But researcher did not show any PGW pottery evidence at Budhi Ganga.
For the first time (?), rice husk was seen in some of the potsherds of Painted Grey Ware which were recovered from upper stratum of Budhi Ganga in Hastinapur.
If there is research on the sites between the old Ganges and the Ganges, then some evidence may be found at the time of the King Nichakshu or earlier. In the previous excavation done in year 1950-52 we did not reach the Mahabharata period, we Fig 6: a. Potshard from Ulta Khera Mound and same type had only met the evidences of the flood coming in Hastinapur. of potshard (b) recovered from Budhi Ganga. We can also say this because after the King Parikshit, the fifth king has been a Nichakshu and according to Purans, we have known that Dwapar era was over in the reign of King Parikshit. If we want to reach Mahabharata period, then we cannot ignore the River Ganga in Hastinapur.
Conflict of Interest Nil
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Author is thankful to Lord Shri Krishna for providing the vast knowledge on the concerned topic. Author is also thankful to his father Mr. Brahampal Sing, Advocate. Author is thankful to Shobhit University, Gangoh and Natural Sciences Trust, Meerut for providing financial help.
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