The excavation of the archaeological site at Tarighat, where a 2,500-year-old city was found buried, has yielded a treasure trove of gold coins and ornaments, triggering a gold rush by locals.
“A large number of gold coins and ornaments like ear studs and nose rings belonging to Sarabhapurias, a ruling dynasty (4th-5th century AD) of the Gupta period, have been retrieved just 65 cm beneath the surface. This is a remarkable discovery as for the first time gold coins of the ruler Mahendraditya were found in an archaeological site in Chhattisgarh”, J.R. Bhagat, deputy director of Chhattisgarh’s archaeology department, said exclusively to this newspaper Monday. All of these are one-sided minted coins.
This newspaper first broke the news of an ancient city being discovered at Tarighat, 30 km from Raipur, on May 11. This is tipped to be the greatest archaeological discovery in Central India so far.