Has India just found Indraprastha – the kingdom of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata?
Posted On: Aug 5th, 2018 at 13:39
India
Delhi to be precise.
Although human occupation stretches back to the second millennium BC, artefacts suggest the city that is now Delhi only dates to 300 BC during the Mauryan era, a long time after the kingdom of the Pandavas, talked about extensively in the Mahabharata.
The archaeological survey of India (ASI) has excavated up to ten metres into the ground at Purina Qila, and at the 4.5 metre level they have found Pre-Mauryan walls.
In the Mahabharata, the Kingdom of Indrasprastha is dated to 900 BC. The new findings push the date of Delhi’s history back to around 600 BC, so it appears the ASI are closing in on the fabled city of the very famous Mahabharata.
I am certain they will strike gold any time soon…
