A two day symposium over the archaeological importance of Arang kicked off here on Tuesday. The symposium organised by Culture department government of Chhattisgarh was graced by the presence of departmental minister Brijmohan Agrawal. The symposium would conclude on September 25.
Minister Brijmohan Agrawal addressing the gathering said for knowing the history of Chhattisgarh very less excavation works has been done. “For promoting the archaeologists in state, government of Chhattisgarh has started a prize on the name of later lochan Prasad Pandey in which cash Rs 50,000 is given away,” the minister informed.
At the outset Dr Al Shrivastava in his address chalked out the line of discussion for the symposium. later on various scholars also presented their research papers. Dr Sushil Trivedi in his speaking on the occasion shed light over archaeological importance of Arang. The symposium was marked with presence of Dr Ramendra Nath Mishra, Dr KK Jha, Dr lS Nigam, lalit Sharma and others.