Nellore: Officials of the Archaeology Survey of India stressed the need to preserve the historical vestiges to help the posterity to know about their country.
They were addressing a gathering on the occasion of International Museum Day celebrated at Gottiprolu Excavation site in SPSR Nellore district.
Four months ago, the ASI had identified an early historic site with traces of 2,000-year-old structures of various shapes.
They include semi-circular, oblong and laterite blocks/pillars during excavation at Gottiprolu village in Nayudupeta mandal of Nellore district.
Traces of Satavahana dynasty’s existence were also spotted at the site, apart from a few stray findings of palaeolithic (stone age) tools at the surface-level.
The team also found conical jars meant for storing wine and other liquids with stands for storage during travel, apart from russet-coated painted ware. These relics point to human activity in the region, even 2,000 years ago.
A team from the ASI, excavation branch-6, Bengaluru, led by superintending archaeologist T. Sree Lakshmi and deputy superintending archaeologist N.K. Swain are still carrying out the excavation works at the historic site. Meanwhile, Professor V. Sakuntala, Professor
P. Bhaskar Reddy, both from SV University, and assistant professor Dr. G. Tirumurthy from University of Madras dwelt at length on the intricacies of archaeology and importance of protecting heritage monuments on the occasion of International Museum Day.
On this occasion, a photo exhibition was conducted by the excavation branch VI, Bengaluru.
Ms Sreelakshmi, superintending archaeologist, had given the details of the exhibition and compared various other excavated sites in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and Maharashtra to the latest Gottiprolu excavation site.
