TNPSC Thervupettagam

Excavation At Vadnagar

January 21 , 2024 181 days 270 0
  • A recent excavation in Vadnagar of Gujarat, unearthed evidence of unbroken cultural continuity spanning centuries.
  • The continuity after the Harappan collapse is making it likely that the “Dark Age” was a myth.
  • They found the evidence of a human settlement that is as old as 800 BCE contemporary to late-Vedic/pre-Buddhist Mahajanapadas or oligarchic republics.
  • The period between the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation and the emergence of the Iron Age and cities like Gandhar, Koshal, and Avanti is often depicted as a Dark Age.

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