Not digging for gold in Unnao, says government
October 22, 2013 15:48
In the face of continued criticism from rationalists, the government today denied that the digging in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh is not for gold.
The minister of culture says the excavation was based on a report by the Geological Survey of India and the government expects the dig to unearth weapons used during the 1857 war of Independence. It said gold jewellery, if found during the search, would have belonged to people in the same period who had run away.
The government's bizarre decision to start an excavation to locate 1,000 kg of gold is on the basis of a dream by Kanpur seer Shobhan Sarkar. The Archaeological Survey of India has since denied that it went by the dream.
The minister of culture says the excavation was based on a report by the Geological Survey of India and the government expects the dig to unearth weapons used during the 1857 war of Independence. It said gold jewellery, if found during the search, would have belonged to people in the same period who had run away.
The government's bizarre decision to start an excavation to locate 1,000 kg of gold is on the basis of a dream by Kanpur seer Shobhan Sarkar. The Archaeological Survey of India has since denied that it went by the dream.
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