Ancient Saraswati river ghat excavated in Pehowa

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, August 22

The Centre of Excellence for Research on the Saraswati River, Kurukshetra University, has excavated an ancient Saraswati river ghat near Arunai temple in Pehowa of Kurukshetra.

The site was identified in June this year. The team has excavated 12 stairs of the ghat and collected more than 20 samples from sediment beds.

Prof AR Chaudhri, director, CERSR, told The Tribune, “We have excavated an ancient Saraswati river ghat near Arunai Temple complex and along the sides of the ghat, sediments accumulations reveal that a big river used to flow through this location. We have excavated 12 stairs, and the total depth of the trench and the staircase is around 4 metre. This bathing ghat falls on the Saraswati River paleochannel identified by CERSR and represents a unique case where the details mentioned in holy scriptures and the scientific investigations match.”