23Oct,2023
The temples at Pattadakal were built using both the Dravidian as well as Aryan style of architecture. It is believed that this is the Abode of Lord Shiva because there are over eight Shiva temples in the city.
Much of the town was washed away by a powerful sea storm in 500 AD. The city served as a great trading centre.
The identity of Kalibangan as a pre-historic site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist. In fact, it was Tessitori who recognised that the ruins are 'Prehistoric' and pre-Mauryan.
Muziris was an ancient seaport and urban centre in the Malabar Coast that dates from at least the 1st century BC. The city was an internationally acclaimed port city of India
One of India's most important archaeological sites from the Indus Valley civilization, Lothal was discovered in the year 1954 and was excavated between 1955 and 1960 by the Archaeological Society of India (ASI)
It has more than 300 stone structures and some 800 year old temples, markets, watch towers and palaces. It used to be the capital city of Vijaynagara Empire.