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|location = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]], India
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|type = [[Chalcolithic]] Settlement
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'''Mongalkote archaeological site''' is located in [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]] district of [[West Bengal]]. Archeological excavations have revealed seven phases of cultural significance between 2000 BC to 1800 AD. After a detailed study of all the finds from this region, it has been possible to determine seven levels of human settlement. Period I represent the [[Chalcolithic]] era; Period II agricultural era; Period III is the [[Maurya Empire|Maurya]]-[[Shunga Empire|Sunga]] period; Period IV relates to the [[Kushan Empire|Kusana]] period; Period V is the [[Gupta era|Gupta]] era; And Periods VI and VI are the [[Medieval India|medieval]] period.<ref name="Gopbhumer-Swarup">{{cite book |last1=Ghosh |first1=Shibshankar |title=Gopbhumer Swarup, Aitijhya O Sanskriti |date=2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.265505/page/n45/mode/2up?q=101 |access-date=16 September 2023|pages=99–107}}</ref><ref name="banglapedia">{{cite web |title=Mangalkot2 - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Mangalkot2 |website=en.banglapedia.org |access-date=16 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sanyal |first1=Rajat |last2=Chattopadhyay |first2=R.K. |last3=Bandyopadhyay |first3=Kumkum |title=Early Village Farming Settlements of Eastern India: A Fresh Appraisal |page=78 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajat-Sanyal/publication/344805658_Early_Village_Farming_Settlements_of_Eastern_India_A_Fresh_Appraisal/links/5f91412f458515b7cf9386cb/Early-Village-Farming-Settlements-of-Eastern-India-A-Fresh-Appraisal.pdf}}</ref>

==Location==
It is situated on the right bank of the [[Kunur River|Kunur river]] and {{convert|3|km}} south of the [[Ajay River|Ajay river]] at Natunhat in [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]] district. The archaeological site is geographically located at 23 degrees 31 minutes north latitude and 87 degrees 53 minutes east longitude.<ref name="heritage">{{cite journal |last1=Saha |first1=Siddhartha |title=An Archaeological Study of Kunur River Basin, Barddhaman District, West Bengal |journal=Archives for Dermatological Research |date=14 November 1975 |volume=254 |issue=1 |pages=23–28 |url=http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume9/56.pdf |access-date=16 September 2023 |publisher=Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology }}</ref>

==History==
Historian [[R. D. Banerji]] came to this place in 1915 AD, but no excavation was undertaken at that time. Ekadi Das approached the Director of Archeology Department, [[Government of West Bengal]] in 1962 AD and gave him some copper coins, which are now preserved in the [[Asutosh Museum of Indian Art|Ashutosh Museum]]. Finally, a series of excavations were conducted from 1986 AD to 1990 AD, [[University of Calcutta]]'s Department of Archeology participated in the excavation.<ref name="Gopbhumer-Swarup"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in West Bengal]]

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