Why is Ahar Civilization and Museum famous? it contains information about the five-thousand-year-old civilization present in Dhulkot, Udaipur.
About four to five thousand years ago, a civilization developed and flourished on the banks of the Ayad or Bedach river in Udaipur, which is known as Ayad Civilization and Bedach Civilization.
Ayad or Ahar has been known by many names from time to time in ancient times like Tambavati or Tamravati, Aghatpur, Aghatdurg, Aitpoor, Anandpura, Gangodbhav Tirth.
At present, the mound is present near the Ayad river in the Dhulkot area, from where the remains of the Ayad civilization were found after excavation. The Archaeological Department has now built a wall around this mound to protect it.
On entering from the entrance, there is an excavation site on the right side where an ancient soakpit is built. It shows the scientific method of removing dirty water from houses.
This mound was excavated by late Akshay Kirti Vyas in the year 1951-52. In the year 1960-61, the work of revealing the cultural sequence here was done under the leadership of late Dr. HD Sankalia.
On the basis of the special design and technique of the black and red colored utensils painted with white color found here, this culture was named as Ahar culture for the first time.
The creators of Ahar culture were roaming in this area of Aravali during 5000 BC to 1500 BC. They were the first farmers of this area.
More than 80 archaeological sites of Ahar Banas culture have been discovered in the Mewar region, most of which are located on the banks of Gambhiri, Kothari, Banas, Bedach, Khari and their tributary rivers.
In order to preserve and display the ancient relics obtained from the excavation of the archaeological sites of Ahar Banas culture, the Department of Archaeology and Museum of the Government of Rajasthan built an archaeological museum in the year 1960.
This museum of Udaipur became rich with various types of archaeological relics over time. Various types of prehistoric tools, various types of pottery, cultural materials of the residents of Ahar such as microlithic tools, copper made materials, beads, baked clay statues and historical materials of the level of 3rd century AD to 2nd century AD have also been displayed in this museum.
This museum also has a collection of various types of statues from 7th-8th century. These statues include statues of various gods and goddesses obtained from Ahar and South Eastern Rajasthan.
Miniature paintings are also displayed in the museum which tell about the art and creativity of the people of that time. Weapons are also displayed in the museum. Statues from the 8th to the 18th century are displayed in this museum.
Author
Ramesh Sharma {M Pharm, MSc (Computer Science), PGDCA, MA (History), CHMS}
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