Uttar Pradesh: The construction work of the water tank was going on, the laborers sold the Persian written coins found in the excavation
During the construction work of water tank in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, after the incident of getting coins from the ground in the ongoing excavation, there was curiosity among the laborers digging. After the incident of getting the coins, the laborers secretly kept the coins with them and secretly sold them to a villager near the village. The incident of getting coins gradually became a matter of discussion in the village and then in the region. After getting the information of the incident to the local police, Kotwal went to the spot and started investigating the matter. During interrogation, the district administration has been informed after recovering the archaeological heritage coins found from the ground at the behest of the laborer. The district administration has sent the coins to the Lucknow Archaeological Museum. In Mahmudpur Lalta village of Kasimpur police station area of Hardoi district, construction work of water tank is going on under Har Ghar Jal Mission.
The laborers of the village are working in the construction work of this water tank. During the construction work, the work of digging the drain was going on in the courtyard of the water tank. The mother of two children reached OYO to meet her lover, then something like this happened, the dead body of the woman was found in the bathroom. Guddu tied all the coins in his hand and took them to his house and later the accused Guddu gave the archaeological heritage coins to a young man from Diwari village.
The news of getting coins spread like fire in the village. Kasimpur Police Station President Mahesh Chandra told that as soon as he got the information about getting coins during the excavation, he went to the village and inquired about all the employees working in the construction work of the tank. During this, Guddu told about getting the coins. After that he was also told about selling them.
Prima facie the coins written in Persian have been recovered from the young man who bought the coins. Superintendent of Police of Hardoi, Rajesh Dwivedi said that considering the recovered coins as archaeological heritage, they have been sent to the Lucknow Archaeological Museum with the help of the district administration. There is something in Persian on these coins, prima facie these coins seem to be very old, the number of these coins is 20. The seal written in Persian may be valuable. Dr. Sadanand Gupta told that the coins written in Persian are called Mohar. These coins are also associated with the period of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. In those days, coins of this type were in vogue during the Persian Empire. Which are now being obtained from many places during excavation, here is a valuable archaeological heritage.
