A sati stone was found near Chimbai Village at Bandra. Speaking about the stone, Kurush Dalal, said, "It is just not a hero stone but also sati stone since we can see a lady also along with her husband warrior. A hero stone narrates the story of the warrior about how he fought the battle."
An exhibition at the Kalina Mumbai University Sports Complex has displayed findings by five groups of archaeology students and experts from different parts of the city. The findings include — a sati stone, sculptural fragment, a Gadhegal or ass-curse stone and inscriptions.
The Salsette region was divided into five zones and all the findings were discussed and presented in the month of July this year. As a part of the Rocks, Mineral and Archaeological Antiquities Exhibition, four of the findings are displayed at the exhibition with permissions.
Gadhegal stands for 'gadhe' which means donkey, and 'gal' which mean either stone, or curse. Speaking about the Gadhegal found in Chandivali which has a carving of a women and a donkey below the carving of a sun and a moon on the top, Vinayak Parab, archaeologist, said, "Two students found this in a temple at Chandivali. The temple priest were unaware that it is a gadhegal. As soon as they got to know about the identity of the stone, the next day they were wrapping it and were ready to throw it in the Powai lake. We then requested the temple authority to preserve it and let us document it rather than throwing the stone in the lake."
Another accidental discovery which is exhibited is the sculptural fragment that was found in Kandivali by a resident, it was handed over to the students during the field-studies. One of the volunteer explained, "A resident from Thakkur village saw the sculpture fragment lying on the road. The civic workers were digging the road for a sewage line when they found the fragment inside the mud and kept in on the other side of the road. The resident brought the fragment at home and later showed us."
Speaking about the inscription found in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Suraj Pandit, Archaeologist, said, "People believe that not much of the city's history was recorded before the establishment of Portuguese colonies. The findings of inscriptions inside the BARC dates back to the early 13th century. We can read that it is dated back to October 23, 1368 and Mumbai was known as 'Mahim Bimbastha' then. While only half part of the inscription has been found, we are searching for the another part."
A sati stone was found near Chimbai Village at Bandra. Speaking about the stone, Kurush Dalal, said, "It is just not a hero stone but also sati stone since we can see a lady also along with her husband warrior. A hero stone narrates the story of the warrior about how he fought the battle."
"In this stone, we can see the warrior is fighting with bow and arrow. The stone is broken from top. While studying the explorations we have also started the study of communities with reference to the worship patterns among them," said Prachi Moghe.
Besides, this collections of fossil, stones, rocks and archaeological antiquities are also on display from December 15 to 18.
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