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Digging Out Rajbihar Of Anshu Barma In Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
July 6, 2013: A team of archeologists from the Department of Archeology (DOA) recently carried out an excavation at the Baluwa Village Development Committee-7 of Gokarna in the Kathmandu Valley. The site is believed to be the Rajbihar (royal retreat) of Anshu Barma, according to the news on ‘gorkhapatraonline.com’.
The team had excavated at four sites spread over the one ‘ropani’ (75’x75’) area in the initial phase of excavation. This is the first excavation of the site and the second excavation in the Kathmandu Valley after the excavation at Hadigaun, said Prakash Darnal, Chief of National Archive.
A stone tablet with the inscription of Anshu Barma dated 536 BS (479 AD) was found in 2046 BS (1989 AD). An idol of Mahankal, a mud idol of Buddha, fragments of earthenware and a brick wall also were found at the site.
Inscription-reading expert Siddhi Raj Shakya read the inscription on the stone tablet, and found that the site was the Rajbihar of Anshu Baram. It was called ‘Ahidukota Gram’.
Chief of National Archive Darnal said that it was the first stone inscription left by Anshu Barma, and found intact with readable words.
The findings are sufficient to prove that it is the Rajbihar of Anshu Barma so the excavation will continue next year, he said.
