Saunkh, often spelled as Sonkh, is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]
Saunkh | |
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Town | |
| Saunkh | |
  Saunkh  Saunkh | |
| Coordinates: 27°23′42″N 77°29′38″E / 27.395°N 77.494°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Mathura |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 9,556 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | npsonkh |
Archaeology
editThe site is well-known for archaeological excavations led by Herbert Härtel in 1969-70.[2] Numerous artefacts recovered from Sonkh are visible in the Mathura Museum.[3] Stratigraphical analysis at Sonkh and other sites has shown that the area of Mathura was almost undeveloped and Mathura was mostly a hamlet before the Mauyra era.[4]
Coins of the Mitra dynasty were found in Sonkh, corresponding to layers dated to about 150-50 BCE, at a time when the Indo-Greeks ruled over the region.[5] The earliest Mitra coins are those of Gomitra (150-50 BCE).[5]
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![Sonkh Apsidal Temple, a Nāga shrine.[6]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Sonkh_Apsidal_Temple.jpg/120px-Sonkh_Apsidal_Temple.jpg)
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Salabhanjika sculpture -
Sonkh Matrika statuette -
Sonkh bronze image of Kubera and Hariti. Kushan period -
Naga Noble Man Coming Out of Crocodile Jaws. Circa 100 CE -
Fragment of Beam Showing Fish-tailed Elephant with Stalked Lotus in His Trunk. Circa 100 CE
![Sonkh Apsidal Temple, a Nāga shrine.[6]](/wiki/File:Sonkh_Apsidal_Temple.jpg)
References
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- ^ "Saunkh". Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Härtel, Herbert (1970). Excavations at Sonkh (Mathura District): 1969-70.
- ^ Sharma, Ramesh Chandra (1994). The Splendour of Mathurā Art and Museum. D.K. Printworld. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-246-0015-3.
- ^ Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. p. 1. ISBN 978-90-474-1930-3.
- ^ a b Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie (2007). History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE. BRILL. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-90-474-1930-3.
- ^ Harle, James C. (1994). The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent. Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-300-06217-5.
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