Team of researchers from Mysore at C’magalur

Ancient story and archaeology department, University of Mysore, is conducting systematic archeological excavations at Haluru nearby Anuvanahalli of Shivani hobli, Tarikere taluk, Chikmagalur district.

It has unearthed antiquated and early ancestral justification with the help of M P Mahadevaiah, G Kariyappa, group of investigate scholars and MA students from some-more than two-and-half months.

The Haluri site came to light in 1990-91 when A V Jayanna, a rancher from Anuvanahalli sent some antiquities by Rajappa Dalvayi, former investigate academician of University of Mysore. Since then we have conducted unchanging margin consult every year from my own output and started the systematic excavations from Mar 7, 2012 with lerned 60 students and investigate scholars, said executive Anuvanahalli excavations, N S Rangaraju.

After 1909 Chandravalli excavations for the initial time at Anuvanahalli 4 Roman china coins have been recovered. A few pottery pieces have also been unearthed from this site. Another important find at Anuvanahalli is mill weights in opposite distance and shape, he said.

In Chikmagalur district from 1881 to 1896, Robert Bruce Foote had conducted archaelogical explorations at Kadur, Lingdahalli, Nidaghatta, Sakkarepatna and Kaldurga and detected few paleolithic hand-axes and other artifacts.

This is the initial systematic archaelogical excavations conducted in Chikmagalur district and the formula are as follows. 

For the initial time in the district a informative method has been scientifically excavated. This 35 acres of land has been invariably used for rural purpose. So archaelogical justification has been terribly disturbed. 

Prehistoric antiquities of mesolithic enlightenment in the form of quartz microlithic collection along with core and tender materials of 1200 BC to 800 BC have been recorded.

Neolithic culture

More than 20 discriminating mill axes made of trap rock, damaged pot pieces, ashy gray coloured, black phony and terra cotta beads have been collected. All these antiquities go to 800 BC to 400 BC.

Megalithic culture

This is also called iron page. But the antiquities are all damaged into pieces solely terra cotta beads, black, red pottery pieces. It dates behind to 400 BC to 100 AD.

Early ancestral culture

There was a good determined early ancestral enlightenment such as Shathavahana story in Haluru like Chandravalli and Brahmagiri of Chitradurga district and Maski at Raichur district. The antiquities from this enlightenment dates behind to 100 BC to 300 AD. 

More than 30 coins of Shathavahana enlightenment have been excavated and all of them are in good condition with the symbol of swastika, chaitya, elephant, longhorn and equine type. It can be personal in to early and late Shathavahana period, terracotta figurines, damaged pots of Kaovlin embellished russet coated pieces, red, black, black and red pot pieces, terracotta beads, semi-precious stones, ivory, bones, ivory bangle pieces have been recovered.

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