The ancient mound known as Raja Karn Ka Kila, Thanesar, Kurukshetra

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The very old site known as Raja Karna-ka-Qila, is a vast mound about 5-km west-southwest of Thanesar. The mound is about 10 m high from the general ground level. The excavation in the main mound revealed a three-fold series. The mound, first surveyed by Alexander Cunningham, was excavated by D.B. Spooner of Archeological Survey of India in 1921-23. Later, the archeological excavations by Prof U.V.Singh of Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra have yielded the remains of three cultural periods ranging from Circa 4th century BC to 3rd century AD. Period I: No sherd of the Painted Grey Ware was obtained form the deposits of the period. The earliest occupation in this part of the mound seems to have begun by about the fourth century