BHOPAL: On the day TOI published a report on how a Mauryan-era Buddhist stupa has been left to turn into a cattle grazing ground, the director general of Archaeological Survey of India sought a report on the neglected heritage in Deorkothar village of Rewa district.
“On the basis of the news, I have sought a status report on the Deorkothar site. The issue is being looked into,” ASI-DG, professor Kishore K Basa, told TOI on Monday.
Sources in ASI, Madhya Pradesh, said a detailed report for the conservation of the site is being prepared and the report is being sent to the headquarters.
On June 12, TOI reported how nothing has been done to preserve the stupa since it was discovered in 1982 by archaeologist Dr Phani Kanta Mishra, who was with ASI-Bhopal then. The site has 33 stupas and more than 63 rock shelters. There is an ancient pathway with inscriptions in Brahmi script, and a Mauryan-age pillar, which too has Brahmi inscriptions.
“On the basis of the news, I have sought a status report on the Deorkothar site. The issue is being looked into,” ASI-DG, professor Kishore K Basa, told TOI on Monday.
Sources in ASI, Madhya Pradesh, said a detailed report for the conservation of the site is being prepared and the report is being sent to the headquarters.
On June 12, TOI reported how nothing has been done to preserve the stupa since it was discovered in 1982 by archaeologist Dr Phani Kanta Mishra, who was with ASI-Bhopal then. The site has 33 stupas and more than 63 rock shelters. There is an ancient pathway with inscriptions in Brahmi script, and a Mauryan-age pillar, which too has Brahmi inscriptions.
