A day after finding ancient city, archaeologists unearth 2500-year-old temple in Raipur

Merely a day after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) unearthed a city near Madurai around 3,000 years old, archaeologists have found a temple in the Rajim town of Raipur in Chhattisgarh which is 2,500 years old.

The temple, believed to have been constructed at the time of the Mauryan empire, is 9.65 metres long and 8.90 metres wide, according to CatchNews .

The report added that research showed that the temple was destroyed during flash floods in the 12 century. Idols of Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati were also found inside the shrines of the temple.

This discovery is the second big discovery made by archaeologists. On Wednesday, ASI, in an ongoing excavation project at Keezhadi, a small hamlet in Sivaganga district not too far from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, uncovered and dusted off a crucial part of Tamil history.

ASI had excavated one of the “biggest human habitations of Sangam Age known so far” at Keezhadi.

ASI had started excavating the place in February, 2015, and the project so far has been a great success. The habitations found are square shaped trenches, dozens of them, and historians are excited about the findings.