Sunday, February 27, 2011

Kairo

Kairo : Situated about 1 6 kms south of the block head quarters of Karra. It has a dilapidated palace and two big tanks known to have been built by king Hiralal Nath Sahdeo. There is a well in his palace compound which never dries up and is unfathomable. The village also has a 200 year old temple which is built in lime and mortar.

Kunjla : An Asura site, 4 kms south west of Khunti. The mound is covered with brick and pottery. Excavation exposed ruins of a brick house, almost complete on plain, measuring 19X6 m. The antiquities discovered in the excavation included a good number of iron objects. The pottery is coarse fabric, thick in section and made of clay with small bits of quartz.
Tamar : Nearly 65 kms from Ranchi shows ruins of stone age yielding blades, lunates and finely worked pots.

Belwadag : There is a remain resembling Buddha's Vihara located 3 km east of Khunti in Ranchi district. Excavation of this site 2 meters inside the ground has revealed that the Vihara had the solid foundation of the brick size of 70"xl 0"x 3". This brick size is similar to the brick size of Sanchi Stupa.

Jonha : Nearly 45 kms from Ranchi, at Jonha, also known as Gautam Dhara, several Buddhist statues have been discovered, along the Kanchi river.

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