'History of Bareilly Essay\r'

'The constituent has, alike, acted as a mint for a major pgraphics of its history. From archaeological contingent of view the district of Bareilly is very rich. The commodious remains of Ahichhatra, the Capital town of blue Panchala have been discovered near Ramnagar crossroads of Aonla Tehsil in the district. It was during the first excavations at Ahichhatra (1940â€44) that the create grey ware, associated with the advent of the Aryans in Ganga Yamuna Valley, was recognised for the first time in the so acest levels of the site.\r\nNearly five thousand coins belong to periods earlier than that of Guptas have been yielded from Ahichhatra. It has also been one of the richest sites in India from the point of view of the agree yield of terracotta. Some of the masterpieces of Indian terracotta art are from Ahichhatra. In fact the categorization made of the terracotta human figurines from Ahichhatra on grounds of style and to some extent stratigraphy became a model for determ ining the stratigraphy of subsequent excavations at other sites in the Ganga Valley.\r\nOn the tooshie of the existing material, the archaeology of the region helps us to get an idea of the cultural successiveness from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC up to the 11th c. AD. Some antique mounds in the district have also been discovered by the Deptt. of Ancient tale and culture, Rohilkhand University, at Tihar-Khera (Fatehganj West), Pachaumi, Rahtuia, Kadarganj and Sainthal. [2]\r\n'