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Sinauli (Devanagiri: सिनौली), also spelled Sanauli, is an archaeological site located in Baraut tehsil, Baghpat district, western Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2] The site is famous for its Bronze Age carts, incorrectly called "chariots" in the press and even in Indian scholarly papers,[3] the first ones to be recovered in archaeological excavation in South Asia.[4] Local legends tell that Sinauli is one of the five villages that god Krishna unsuccessfully negotiated with the Kaurava princes to avoid the War at Kurukshetra.[5]
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Location | Barot tehsil, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh |
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Coordinates | 29°14′46″N 77°21′03″E |
Type | Cemetery Royal Burial |
History | |
Cultures | Indus Civilisation |
Site notes | |
Discovered | 2005-06 |
Excavation dates | 2005-06 2018 |
Archaeologists | D. V. Sharma S. K. Manjul |
Management | Archaeological Survey of India |
The excavations in Sinauli were conducted by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2005-06 and in mid-2018.[4] As per ASI and later studies,[6][7] the remains found in 2005–06 season, the "Sinauli cemetery", belonged to Late Harappan Phase. The "Sinauli cemetery", like the extensive Harappan graveyard at Farmana, is expected to provide extensive additional data on the Late Harappan culture.[6]
Major findings from 2018 trial excavations include several wooden coffin burials, "chariots", copper swords, and helmets. The wooden carts ("the chariots") – with solid disk wheels – were protected by copper sheets.[4][8][6] In December 2018 ASI approved a new phase of excavations at Sinauli. The official communication from ASI was sent to an amateur archaeologist in Baraut.[9]
Michael Witzel dates the coffins and carts to Late Bronze Age, thus before 1000 BCE, and point to the "survival of an extra-Harappan organized society".[3]