Tag: Raipur District

  • Raipur: Gold coin and Magha period coins found during excavation

    Raipur: Gold coin and Magha period coins found during excavation

    Raipur. In the recent excavation in Rewa village, coins of the period of Magh rulers have been found. A stupa, a gold coin has also been found in the excavation. Along with Magha rulers, coins of other rulers have also been recovered. Even after the excavation started last year, a large number of five stupas, Magh coins were recovered along with the seals (made of clay) of the Magh ruler. Deputy Director of Archeology Department Pratap Parakh told that pottery has been recovered from depth. There are also indications about the possibilities of settlements in the excavation site.

    If the officials of the department are to be believed, as the excavation work will progress, it will turn the golden pages of history. Purushottam Sahu, joint director of the Rewa excavation site, said that special research work is being done on the ‘Magh Vanshi’ coins found in the excavation. Which indicates the inclusion of a new dynasty in the history of Chhattisgarh. Coins indicate that Rewa may have been a place for trade and manufacture of various materials. Sirpur must have emerged after Rewa Garh.

    A seal has also been found during the excavation. Officials of the department say that the recovery of the seal shows that a unit was also present along with the administrative officer during the Magh rule. The jewelry and semi-precious stones found in the excavation are being known about the fashion of that time.

  • Father was fighting, son got murdered while pacifying

    Father was fighting, son got murdered while pacifying

    Raipur. The father was killed by his son in a family dispute in Gram Panchayat Razia of Tilda block of the district. In fact, the father was beating his mother with a sharp weapon in his hand. On the shouts of the mother, the son along with his companions went to explain to the father, but the father himself attacked the son. Newra police has arrested the son on the charge of murder. Simultaneously, the matter is being discussed.

    Nevra police station in-charge Sudarshan Dhruv told that the deceased Chowaram Nishad, a resident of Gram Panchayat Razia, was fighting with his wife in the house at night and kept a sharp weapon. That’s why he was beating his wife. On the cry of the wife of the deceased, the son of the deceased, Neeraj Nishad, along with his brother and friend reached to resolve the quarrel, where the deceased brutally assaulted his wife and was not giving the sharp weapon kept in his hand. The deceased also assaulted his son Neeraj, who came to intervene, due to which Neeraj also suffered injuries, then later Neeraj attacked his father with the same sharp weapon, later he was brought to Tilda Hospital, where his died.