MUNDA - ANCIENT MOUND
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The large ancient mound in village Munda, situated about 16 km to the south-west of Hanumangarh town, has yielded painted pottery closely resembling Rang Mahal type and copper coins of the Kushanas. Remains of a stupa, numerous relief fragments, decorated bricks, terracotta human and animal figurines and figure of Siva have also been found from the site. Presently the mound is occupied by a temple trust for construction of a Hanuman temple.
Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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Ownership Status | Government |
Topographical Features | Situated on the dry bed of the river Ghaggar. |
1 | Annual Report-1918-19(reprint, New Delhi 2002); |
2 | A. Ghosh (ed.), An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology in 2 Volumes(New Delhi 1989); |
3 | Urmila Sant, Terracotta Art of Rajasthan (New Delhi 1997); and |
4 | S.P. Gupta(ed.), An Archaeological Tour Along the Ghaggar-Hakra River, by Sir Aurel Stein (Meerut 1989). |
Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
Munda | Hanumangarh | Hanumangarh | Rajasthan |
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