[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c44.150 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.150 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.150 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.150) \*\*Rajpur Parsu\*\*, \*\*Rajpur Khadar\*\* (29°08'; 78°09'), Dt Bijnor, 2 km e. of the present bed of the Ganga, almost due e. of HASTINĀPURA. A hoard of 16 copper objects consisting of nine flat celts, six harpoons and one bar-celt was found here in about 1895-6 and is now deposited in the State Museum, Lucknow. (Smith, 1905). With a view to linking the copper objects with a cultural horizon yielding other associated antiquities, particularly pottery, B.B. Lal of the ASI located the findspot of the Copper Hoard \[4.11\] with the help of an octogenarian of the village in a mango garden on the periphery of a 2 m high small mound. He accordingly excavated five trenches here, one in the mango garden and four on the mound. He did not come across any copper object but an ill-fired, thick, ochrous ware came from the lower levels of the trenches. The ware compares well with the one obtained from BISAULI and HASTINĀPURA Pd I. Although there is no positive evidence that the Copper Hoard and this pottery are products of the same culture, it is believed that this is within the bounds of likelihood. Lal, B.B., 1951, in \*AI\*, 7, pp. 24-7. Smith, V.A., 1905, in \*Indian Antiquary\*, 34, pp. 231, 234.—Y.D. SHARMA - [Previous: v2.c44.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.149) - [Next: v2.c44.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.151) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) ## Linked texts (1) - [Hastināpura](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.hastinapura) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.150) · Pramāṇa