An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.65

v2.c34.65

'The archaeological investigations in Dts Allahabad, Pratapgarh and Varanasi have imparted valuable information about the shifting in the course of the Ganga in ancient times. The area to the n. measuring about 55 km from the present water channel of the Ganga is characterized by a large number of horse-shoe lakes. From the nature of these lakes it is clear that these represent the stages of withdrawal of the Ganga from 55 km n. to its present course and the ancient meanders of the river were left isolated and were converted into horse-shoe lakes before the end of the Pleistocene [9.8.2].