BHUBANESWAR, Feb. 17 -- A team from the Cuttack Chapter of Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has discovered the remnants of a Buddhist site near Ganeswarapur village in Tangi tehsil of Cuttack district. The site, with scattered Buddhist archaeological remains, was found near a small mound inside a rice field at the far end of the village.
The five-member team of Dr Biswajit Mohanty, Ritu Pattanaik, Deepak Kumar Nayak, Suman Prakash Swain and Anil Dhir visited the spot to conduct a preliminary survey and document the archaeological remains found at the site. The site is just 150 meters away from the Birupa river embankment.
According to Deepak Kumar Nayak, co-convenor of INTACH Cuttack Chapter, the present and anci...