Government Statement On Excavation Work at Fatehpur Sikri


 

The ongoing excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India at Bir Chhabili -ka-tila in Fatehpur Sikri in District Agra has yielded thirty four pieces of sculptures. Some of them are of the Jain Tirthankaras namely, Rishabhanatha, Sambhavanatha and Kunthunatha and a few are of Jain Goddesses Ambika and Saraswati, all datable to the 9th - 11th century A.D. The site lies in the prohibited area of the centrally protected monument of Fatehpur Sikri.

(Source: LSUQ No.4162/20.4.2000 by G.S. Rajukhedi & S. Venugopal)





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