JANUARY TO MAY ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY CA IN 2026

JANUARY - 

DISCOVERY - 

* * SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED FOSSIL SAMPLES FROM THOOTHUKUDI. 

* ANCIENT TAMIL SCRIPT EMBEDDED DA STRUCTURE ON TRIBUUTARY OF KALLAR RIVER 

* ANCIENT PETRIFIED FOSSILS OF FIS, FOSSILLIED RESIN ( AMBER), OYSTERS, MARINE BARNACLES, WHEATSTONE WITH FISH SAMPLES, INDUS TAMILLI SCRIPT ARE FOUND IN PATTINAMARUTHUR

* SCIENTISTS ARE SAID THIS WAS BELONGS TO HOLOCENE PERIOD ( 10,000 - 12000 BCE) 

* Archaeology Survey Of India ( ASI) Team Has Excavating The 10,000 Years Old Stone Age Civilization in The Bhimmandali MOUNTAIN Of Sambalpur District, Odisha.

*  70 Indian Sites Has Been Listed To Tentative List In UNESCO'.

* *  Archaeologist In Tamilnadu Has Unearthed A 8 feet Long Iron Spear 

* ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED AN 8 FEET LONG IRON SPEAR IN THIRUMALAPURAM, NEAR TUTICORIN TAMILNADU. 

* THE LONG IRON AGE WEAPON FOUND DATED TO 3345 BCE 

* Archaeologist Have Found 3500 Years Old Bone Fragments Near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. ( Neolithic Periods) 

* FEBRUARY - 

DISCOVERY - 

* A 14th Century Telugu Inscription Has Been Discovered In Ravavaram Village, in Andhra Pradesh ( Inscription Dates To October 1 ,1391 (SAKA 1314) 

* The Union Budget 2026 Has Launched a Major Plan To Revive 15 Archaeological Sites From Gujarat To Ladakh 

* Two Pre Historic Human Skeleton Have Been Found In Karnataka Ballari ( At Gaudra Moole Hill) 

* Researchers Have Found 2000 Years Old Tamil Brahmani Inscription On Tombs Of Egyptian Kings.

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*  Ancient Yadav Era Temple Pillar Found At Vena River, in Hinganghat 

* Archaeologist Have Discovered Ancient Stone Tool In The Ib River Valley At Sundargarh, (40-50k Years Ago) 

( PALEOLITHIC PERIOD ) 

( FOUND HAND AXES, BLADES,, SCRAPERS) 

MARCH - 

* 500 Years Old Copper Plate Of Krishnadevrai Found In Andhra Pradesh 

* JAIN Tirthankar Sculpture FOUND In Tiruchi. ( TAMILNADU) 

* IT WAS SUPPOSED TO LATER CHOLA PERIOD ( 10TH-12TH AD) 

* SCLUPTURE - Meditative Posture Statue ( ARDHA PADMASANA) 

* Found In Agriculture Field Lalgudi, Tirchy 

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BOOKS - 

* INDUS SEALED DECIPHERED Book Author - Rupa Bhaty book Launched 

* The Geological Survey Of India (GSI) Have DECLARED The Eparchaean Unconformity Near Kalinjar Fort Banda District, Uttar Pradesh As a Geoheritage Site Of National Importance 

( BUILD BY CHANDELA RULER KALANJHARDHIPATI) 

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APRIL - 

* Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Team Discovered A Potsherd With Tamil Brahmi Inscription At Kumarikkalpalayam.

* India's First Gourami Fossil Found In Uttar Pradesh Shiwalik Foothills (4.8 Million Years Old) 

* Archaeology Team From Delhi University Has Identified a Cluster Of Red Pigment Rock Painting In Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh ( Mesolithic Period ) 

* * YANA CAVES, IN KARNATAKA KNOWN FOR ITS STRIKING BLACK CRYSTALLINE ROCK FORMATION, AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE DECLARED AS THE GEO-HERITAGE SITE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE ON 13TH APRIL 2026. 

* IT IS LOCATED IN WESTERN GHATS IN UTTARA KANNDADISTRICT. 

* IT HAS TWO PROMINENT MONOLITHIC OUTCROPS - 

A) BHAIRAVAVESHWARA SHIKHARA (120M) 

B) MOHINI SHIKHARA ( 90M) 

* ACCORDING TO GSI THE FORMATION DATE BACKED AROUND 2,7 MILLION YEARS, AND COMPOSED OF PRECAMBRIAN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE

* Extremely Rare Bison, Deer Fossils And Stone Discovered In Chandrapur 

* On World Heritage Day, Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Laid Foundation Stone Of India's First Petroglyph Conservation Park In Leh, Ladakh 

* Researchers From Birbal Sahani Institute Of Palaeo science ( BSIP) Along With Academy Of Scientific And Innovative Research !AcSIR), Central Department Of Geology, Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, Have Collected A Fossil Specimen From The Kasauli Formation Around 20 Millions Year Ago In Himachal Pradesh 

* A Presumed Megalithic Burial Site Discovered In The Middle Mangmoo Under The Dentam Constituency In West Sikkim 

* Marine Fossil Founds Dated 8000-12000 Years Old At Panaiyur 

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MAY - 

* US Returns 657 Stolen Artefacts Worth Rs USD 14 Million To India 

* Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Has Decoded The 5th Century Sanskrit Seal.

( IDENTIFYING THE RARE ARTEFACT DEDICATED TO SAIVA TEMPLE, SVAMI KOTESWARA, LOCATED IN ANCIENT DEVADURUVANA FOREST ) 

KARNATAKA INSCRIPTION 

* Recently Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Team Have Discovered Kannada Inscription In Nitturu (Ballari) 

* It Is The Reign Of Akalavarsha Krishna ( Krishna 1) ( 756-774 CE) The Same Who COMMISIONED The Kailasa Temple In Ajanta 

* Used Kannada Language As Administrative Language 

* The Land Grant SYSTEM During Rasthrakuta Dynasty Period 

* The Tradition Of Religious Blessings And Curse Clauses In That Inscription 

* The Land Was Measured According To Rajamana ( The Royal SYSTEM Of Measurement) 

11TH CENTRY CHOLA PERIOD COPPER PLATE - 

* During Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited To Nederlands 

* Anaimangalam Chola Copper Plate 

* The Copper Plate Preserved In Leiden University In Nederlands 

* The Copper Plate Of The Reign Of Great Hindu Ruler Raja Raja Chola (985-1085 CE) 

* Engraved Under His Son Rajendra Chola ( 1012-1044 CE) 

* The First Five Plates Are In Sanskrit (Grantha Script) And Rest 16 In Tamil Script 

* The Inscription Tells Us That Sri Mara Vijayottungavarman, The Ruler Of Srivijay, Approached By Raja Raja Chola For Permission To Build Buddhist Vihara, Raja Raja Chola Granted Land In Anaimangalam Village (450 Acres) Along With Tax Exemption For The Vihara 

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* A Team Of Archaeologist Have Found A Buddha Statue (13th Century ) Of Later Period At Umbalacheri Village 

* Archaeologist Have DISCOVERD The Remains Of Massive Ancient Buddhist Monastery (1200 Years Old) At gaya, Bihar 

* Stone Tools, From Copper Age Has Been Discovered (Approximately 50,000 Years Old ) Found In Purunagarh, Rerakhol, Sambalpur, Odisha ..

* A Rare Sculpture Of Depict Celebrated Ganapatideba And Queen Somaladevi Has Been Discovered In Siddipet District ( Of Kakatiya Era) In Telengana 

*  800 Years Old Kakatiya Era Shiva Temple In Warangal Has Been demolished