{"id":95552,"date":"2026-03-30T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95552"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:46:01","slug":"balirajgarh-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/balirajgarh-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Balirajgarh site"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Balirajgarh site Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun excavation at Bihar\u2019s historic Balirajgarh site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Balirajgarh site<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the <\/span><b>Madhubani district of Bihar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It holds great <\/span><b>mythological and historical significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with local folklore identifying it as the capital of the legendary King Bali.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is believed that this site served as a major <\/span><b>administrative hub of the ancient Videha Kingdom.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1938 Archeological Survey of India declared the site of national importance under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Previous Excavation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it has been excavated in five phases from 1962 to 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During excavation, antiquities of five phases of cultural periods, namely <\/span><b>Northern <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/black-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black soil<\/a>, Sunga, Kushan,Gupta and later Pala period were discovered.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is the Archaeological Survey of India?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a premier organisation for <\/span><b>archaeological research and protection<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the tangible heritage of the nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in <\/span><b>1861 by Sir Alexander Cunningham,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with its headquarters in New Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After independence, it was established as a <\/span><b>statutory body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the <\/span><b>Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (AMASR Act).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prime concern of ASI is the maintenance of ancient monuments, archaeological sites, and remains of national importance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides, it regulates all archaeological activities in the country as per the provisions of the AMASR Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also <\/span><b>regulates the<\/b> <b>Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Culture, Government of India<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/administrative-hub-of-iron-age-kingdom-asi-dig-at-bihars-balirajgarh-seeks-answers-on-ancient-mithila-history-10608595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balirajgarh site in Bihar under ASI excavation; key findings from Sunga to Pala periods highlight its role as ancient Videha centre and rich heritage significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":95528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6453,21,350],"class_list":{"0":"post-95552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-balirajgarh-site","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-afffairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95592,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95552\/revisions\/95592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}