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Headline: Antiquities of Iron
Age, Achaemenian, Mauryan periods discovered at Bhera --
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ISLAMABAD,
Nov 5: Antiquities
of Iron Age, Achaemenian (553-330BC), Greek (321-184BC)
and Mauryan (14Bc) periods have been discovered in an
excavation from the Greek city of Bhera.
The
excavation has been done by Dr M. Salim of Taxila
Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam
University. According to the Institute, the ancient
Bhera mounds are known as Barrian, which once flourished
on the west bank of the River Jhelum. Recently it was
also known as Kot Rajgan and Ahmadabad. Another
Mediaeval Bhera near Motorway has Sher Shah Suri Mosque
and is a few kilometres from Ahmadabad.
The
battlefield of Alexander-Pours appears to be around
Jalalpur-Ahmadabad-Mong area. The pottery of 800-600BC
has gray ware, red ware and buff ware with red painted
designs. A terracotta figure of an elephant has been
collected. The Soak wells were made of some 10 feet in
height. Such Soak wells and filled with refuse have been
found at Bhir Mound at Taxila. When Alexander the Great
entered Jhelum Valley, young maidens with shell bangles
were filling their pitchers with water from wells and
river Jhelum. Further research and excavations can
reveal reek stratum with Metropolis centre, coins and
Salt Range capital from where salt was exported.
Sir Aurel Stein investigated this site.
Cunningham identified old Bhera with the Palace of
Sopeithes, where Alexander met his Greek forces. Later
the great Chinese traveller, Fa Hien, mentions Bhera in
his accounts and Babur in his memoirs. Greek historian
Arrian in his Anabasis narrates the palace of Sopeithes.
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