Is Sonbhadra named because of the fact that gold is found?

In Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, hundreds of tonnes of gold have been found to be grounded. It is being told that the state government had already received information about this a long time ago.

In the search of gold, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) team was working in this case in Sonbhadra for the last fifteen years.

Eight years ago, the team confirmed the gold treasure inside the ground. The UP government has now started the e-auction process to sell this mound with the intention of digging this gold.

The state’s mineral department has confirmed this and soon the department will start digging to extract this gold.

According to the official website of the Sonbhadra district, this is the only district in India that borders four states. These states are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. It is situated in the far south of Uttar Pradesh and is an industrial area.

There are many mineral materials available here like bauxite, limestone, coal, gold. Sonbhadra is called the capital of energy because there are a large number of power plants here.

On the question of why Sonbhadra was named Sonbhadra and whether it is related to Sona, Dr Prabhakar Upadhyay, Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient History, Banaras Hindu University, says that Sonbhadra got its name from Son River, but only because of Son River. Is not the same. Son River is named Son River because it has been found in gold pieces.

They say that not only the Son river but also some parts of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha has found gold parts in the sand.

Locals state that “Gold washing (removal of gold) used to take place along the banks of these rivers. The structure of the rocks here is such that when these rocks break and come in contact with the river, they break and shatter and that’s why With this, the trend of gold washing on the banks of these rivers increased. On finding the gold content in these rivers, it is found that gold is found in the rocks which are present here. Tribals in Sonbhadra Bengal until the moment they have been. “

However, according to JN Pal, a former professor in the Department of Ancient History, Allahabad University, Sonbhadra is named after the Son River. It has nothing to do with gold, nor was it true that gold content was found in the Son river.

He explains, “It is said that the work of gold washing was done here but it is just saying. There is no confirmed information about it.” The whole area of ​​ the river Ganges from Bihar and Bengal coming from the flat areas of Agra and Gwalior to Iron and Bengal It is called a belt.

Pro. Prabhakar Upadhyay’s book ‘Mining and Minerals in Ancient India’ mentions gold digging equipment.

Pro. Upadhyay writes that iron is abundant in these areas. The second urbanization was due to the availability of iron in the area around the Ganges.

He wrote, “There is a place in Sonbhadra, Sonkorva. People have done a lot of digging to find gold here and its remains are still found. But these excavations have not been very deep. People dug for only about 20 feet and whatever Got a little gold and kept it. People got gold over and over but they have removed it, but there have always been indications that there is a lot of gold in that area. “

He writes that the Archaeological Survey Department had done a lot of deep digging in that area, but the gold found in it was not that economically effective. That is, after the hard work and expense, the price of gold came out was not very high, while the expenditure incurred in digging and searching for gold was quite high. Therefore, the work was not carried forward.

Upadhyay says, “I went there for a PhD. There were some rock remains found in which there were gold pieces. We also brought some things. We use it as a paperweight.”

Pro. Prabhakar Upadhyay has also written a book named ‘Mining and Minerals in Ancient India’ in the year 2005. In this, besides the presence of gold in Sonbhadra and the surrounding area, there is mention of the presence of mining and minerals.

Sonbhadra has been considered a very backward area and was originally a tribal area. However, there has been a lot of development here now. The culture here has also been tribal. Now many industries like cement, sand, thermal power plants have been established here. Thousands of tonnes of gold likely to be found in Sonbhadra, when will excavation begins.

Prof. JN Pal, who retired from the Department of Ancient History of Allahabad University believes that how the people of prehistoric age made their cultural development here, the excavation of Archaeological Survey Department has found evidence of old civilization and population here. It is said that gold washing was done here but it is just saying.

He says, “Ashoka’s inscriptions are found here, so it proves that people lived here during Ashoka’s rule. Items of Mauryan and Gupta period are also found. However, the first thing to find gold is.”

They believe that in addition to gold inside the ground, uranium can also be proved to be true. Pro. Pal says that he went to the Sonbhadra area for archaeological research in the 1980s. The research was done on the source of any metal there, but there were no signs of gold being present. Evidence of the presence of iron has also been found earlier.

According to the official website of the Sonbhadra district, Chhattisgarh state in the south of the district and Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh state are in the west.

Its district headquarters is in Robertsganj city. The Sonbhadra district is known for many cave painting sites found in the Vindhya region. The Lakhani caves are located in the Kaimur hills and are known for rock paintings.

These historical paintings are said to be about 4000 years old and reflect the culture and belief of an era. Here Khodwa mountain or Ghormangar is another famous ancient cave painting site.

The region also has two dams, the Rihand Dam and the Barkandhara Dam. There is also a rock of lullaby which is a historic huge rock.

Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.