PRAYAGRAJ: The team of the expert archaeologists from department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, Iswar Saran PG College, the constituent college of Allahabad University has conducted an archaeological village to village survey on foot in the vicinity of the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers of Prayagraj, from Jhunsi to Sringverpur and from Daraganj to Kali Paltan in Kaushambi district on both side of the river Ganga on a wide scale and have found more than four dozen archaeological sites.
This important archaeological survey stretched for 70 kms on the ground surface and 3 to 5 km (in width) on both sides of the river. The exploration was conducted under the direction of principal of the college and head of the department and project director, Prof Anand Shankar Singh along with the project deputy director and assistant professor Jamil Ahmad and his team. Perhaps, for the first time, an archaeological survey was taken up in this area on such a large scale.