Pottery fragments found from the sites in Kundla village are nearly 2,000 years old.

A two-feet-long idol made of granite stone of Lord Buddha sitting in a Bhumispasha posture was unearthed in Kuarada
village under Korei block of Jajpur district on Friday. The idol was found after some workers stumbled on the image while digging a pond. Later, the villagers stopped the digging work.
The stone image is a rare discovery in the state as Lord Buddha sits in a Bhumisparsha posture, said Buddhist researcher Dr Harish Chandra Prusty. Later, the villagers installed the image in the middle of the village and started worshipping it. Kuarada …

Newly discovered archaeological sites in southern and northern India have revealed how people lived before and after the colossal Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago, according to Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday.
The international and multidisciplinary research team, led by Oxford University in collaboration with Indian institutions, has uncovered what it calls ‘Pompeii-like excavations’ beneath the Toba ash.
The seven-year project examines the environment that humans lived in, their stone tools, as well as the plants and animal bones of the time.
“This suggests that human populations were present in India …