Chandigarh, May 15 Teams of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana’s Fatehabad district to verify claims of it being the oldest civilization in the world.
Archaeologists have recovered artifacts pre-dating the Harappan Civilisation from the site, located in village Kunal in Fatehabad district.
NASA and ISRO inspection is likely to be done in October this year, 2017, Haryana Archaeology and Museums Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on Monday.
“The recovery of artifacts, estimated to be 6,000 years old, strongly indicated that the civilization that had flourished in Kunal was, in fact, the oldest civilization in the world. The Harappan Civilisation, considered so far to be the oldest civilization, flourished about 3,500 years ago,” the Minister said.
The artifacts recovered included ornaments and pots, apart from spherical structures.
The Haryana government is considering to establish international-level museums at Kunal and Rakhigarhi.
–IANS
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