4,000-year-old stone tools, earthenware unearthed from banks of river Narmada in Bhopal

Archaeologists have found 4,000-year-old stone tools and earthenware in a remote village on the banks of river Narmada in Harda district of Bhopal.

The treasures that have emerged could change our whole understanding of how evolution of mankind began along the Narmada. These priceless relics belonging to Chalcolithic Age are probably the most important archaeological discovery ever made in the region.

"One of the most remarkable things about the find is that we have found one earthen pot and a mound of 150x200 metres in village Birjakhedi. The more we are digging the surface, the more treasures are being found. Some even have figures of aquatic creatures on them," said Pankaj Rag, Commissioner, Archaeology Department.

What surprises us most are the findings of plaques, stone beads and game piece made of terracotta from just one site, he added. [...] indiatoday.intoday.in/