Department of Archaeology begins further exploration in Bardibas

KATHMANDU: The Department of Archaeology has begun exploration of the existence of an arms factory in the Patu Ratmata area of Bardibas-3.

A three-member expert team led by the Department’s archaeologist Bhaskar Gyawali arrived in Bardibas on Saturday.

This place is a site of archaeological importance based on the conclusions of the previous studies obtained so far, said archaeologist Gyawali.

This place was discovered two decades ago by German researcher Gudon Karwins in Patu, Bardibas-3, on the present BP Highway (Bardibas-Banepa Highway). The expert team has stated that the future exploration work will proceed based on his study and exploration report.

The preliminary study has shown that this factory occupied a large area on the west side of the highway, four kilometers north of the present Bardibas Chowk.

The expert team has stated that the remains of human settlements were found here as far back as seven thousand years ago. The weapons factory may have existed much earlier, according to the expert team.

After the Department of Archaeology formally started work on the weapons factory site, the ancient sites here are now being studied gradually, says Bardibas Mayor Prahlad Kumar Chhetri.