Vishnu idol found during excavation in Russian town

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Vishnu idol found during excavation in Russian town

 

**PTI | January 04, 2007 | 10:52 IST

 

An ancient Vishnu idol has been found during

excavation in an old village in

Russia's Volga region, raising questions about the

prevalent view on the

origin of ancient Russia.

 

The idol found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates

back to VII-X century

AD.

 

Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a highly

populated city 1700

years ago, much older than Kiev, so far believed to be

the mother of all

Russian cities.

 

" We may consider it incredible, but we have ground to

assert that

Middle-Volga region was the original land of Ancient

Rus. This is a

hypothesis, but a hypothesis, which requires thorough

research, " Reader of

Ulyanovsk State University's archaeology department Dr

Alexander Kozhevin

told state-run television Vesti.

 

Dr Kozhevin, who has been working in Staraya Maina for

last seven years,

said that every single square metre of the

surroundings of the ancient town

situated on the banks of Samara, a tributary of Volga,

is studded with

antiques.

 

Prior to unearthing of the Vishnu idol, Dr Kozhevin

has already found

ancient coins, pendants, rings and fragments of

weapons.

 

He believes that today's Staraya Maina, a town of

eight thousand, was ten

times more populated in the ancient times.

 

It is from here that people started migrating to the

Don and Dneiper rivers

around the time ancient Russy built the city of Kiev,

now the capital of

Ukraine.

 

An international conference is being organised later

this year to study the

legacy of the ancient village, which can radically

change the history of

ancient Russia.

http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/04russia.htm

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