Ancient marketplace
Ancient marketplace
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The ancient marketplace is an impressive set of ruins that are spread over an area of 250 sq m along the river Mahanadi. This place was believed to be the centre of all commercial and trading life of the era. The excavations have … Read more
The ancient marketplace is an impressive set of ruins that are spread over an area of 250 sq m along the river Mahanadi. This place was believed to be the centre of all commercial and trading life of the era. The excavations have revealed that some shops have connecting underground channels, which may imply that the shop owners had more than one shop. There are places which suggest that goods were kept covered in these depressions to guard against natural weathering. The main artefacts unearthed from here indicate that this market was used mainly by coppersmiths, goldsmiths, ironsmiths and potters.
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