Wari-Bateshwar ruins

Wari-Bateshwar
উয়ারী-বটেশ্বর
Wari-Bateshwar ruins is located in Dhaka division
Wari-Bateshwar ruins
Shown within Dhaka division
Wari-Bateshwar ruins is located in Bangladesh
Wari-Bateshwar ruins
Wari-Bateshwar ruins (Bangladesh)
Wari-Bateshwar ruins is located in South Asia
Wari-Bateshwar ruins
Wari-Bateshwar ruins (South Asia)
LocationBangladesh Wari-Bateshwar, Narsingdi District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Coordinates24°05′35″N 90°49′32″E / 24.09306°N 90.82556°E / 24.09306; 90.82556
TypeSettlement
History
CulturesNorthern Black Polished Ware

The Wari-Bateshwar (Bengali: উয়ারী-বটেশ্বর,Uari-Bôṭeshshor) ruins in Narsingdi, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh is one of the oldest urban archaeological sites in Bangladesh. Excavation in the site unearthed a fortified urban center, paved roads and suburban dwelling. The site was primarily occupied during the Iron Age, from 400 to 100 BCE, as evidenced by the abundance of punch-marked coins and Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) artifacts.[1][2]

The site also reveals signs of pit dwelling, a feature typically found in chalcolithic archaeological sites in the Indian sub-continent.[3]

  1. ^ Rahman, Mizanur; Castillo, Cristina Cobo; Murphy, Charlene; Rahman, Sufi Mostafizur; Fuller, Dorian Q. (2020). "Agricultural systems in Bangladesh: the first archaeobotanical results from Early Historic Wari-Bateshwar and Early Medieval Vikrampura". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 12 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s12520-019-00991-5. ISSN 1866-9557. PMC 6962288.
  2. ^ Rahman, SS Mostafizur. "Wari-Bateshwar". Banglapedia. Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  3. ^ Hu, Gang; Wang, Ping; Rahman, Sufi Mostafizur; Li, Dehong; Alam, Muhammad Mahbubul; Zhang, Jiafu; Jin, Zhengyao; Fan, Anchuan; Chen, Jie; Zhang, Aimin; Yang, Wenqing (7 September 2020). "Vicissitudes experienced by the oldest urban center in Bangladesh in relation to the migration of the Brahmaputra River". Journal of Quaternary Science. 35 (8). Wiley: 1089–1099. doi:10.1002/jqs.3240. ISSN 0267-8179.

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