Remains of 2,800-year-old settlement found in PM Modi's village in Gujarat

The remains of a 2,800-year-old human settlement have been discovered in Gujarat's Vadnagar, which also happens to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi's native village.

Researchers from IIT Kharagpur, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Deccan College have found the evidence.

The human settlement that goes back as old as 800 BC revealed the presence of seven cultural stages, said officials. Dr Anindya Sarkar, Professor of Geology and Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur told sources that the excavation work has been going on since 2016 and the team has dug up to a depth of 20 metres.