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'''Saunkh''', often spelled as '''Sonkh''', is a town and a [[nagar panchayat|Nagar Panchayat]] in [[Mathura district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web |title=Saunkh |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=143545 |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=29 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190929203020/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=143545 |archivedate=29 September 2019}}</ref>
==Archaeology==
The site is well-known for archaeological excavations led by Herbert Härtel in 1969-70.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Härtel |first1=Herbert |title=Excavations at Sonkh (Mathura District): 1969-70 |date=1970 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUTduQEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Numerous artefacts recovered from Sonkh are visible in the [[Mathura Museum]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Ramesh Chandra |title=The Splendour of Mathurā Art and Museum |date=1994 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |isbn=978-81-246-0015-3 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-vVAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> Stratigraphical analysis at Sonkh and other sites has shown that the area of Mathura was almost undeveloped and Mathura was mostly a hamlet before the [[Maurya Empire|Mauyra era]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-1930-3 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtqvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |language=en}}</ref>

Coins of the [[Mitra dynasty (Mathura)|Mitra dynasty]] were found in Sonkh, corresponding to layers dated to about 150-50 BCE, at a time when the [[Indo-Greeks]] ruled over the region.<ref name="SRQ9">{{cite book |last1=Quintanilla |first1=Sonya Rhie |title=History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-1930-3 |pages=9–10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtqvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 |language=en}}</ref> The earliest Mitra coins are those of Gomitra (150-50 BCE).<ref name="SRQ9"/>

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File:Sonkh Apsidal Temple.jpg|thumb|Sonkh Apsidal Temple, a [[Nāga]] shrine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harle |first1=James C. |title=The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent |date=1994 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06217-5 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwcBVvdqyBkC&pg=PA59 |language=en}}</ref>
File:Salabhanjika - Circa 100 CE - Sonkh Mound - ACCN SOI-27 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5598.JPG|[[Salabhanjika]] sculpture
Sonkh Matrika.jpg|Sonkh [[Matrika]] statuette
Kubera and Hariti - Bronze - Kushan Period - ACCN SOI-173 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-24 6630.JPG|Sonkh bronze image of Kubera and Hariti. Kushan period
Naga Noble Man Coming Out of Crocodile Jaws - Circa 100 CE - Sonkh Mound - ACCN SOI-37 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5607.JPG|Naga Noble Man Coming Out of Crocodile Jaws. Circa 100 CE
Fragment of Beam Showing Fish-tailed Elephant with Stalked Lotus in His Trunk - Circa 100 CE - Sonkh Mound - ACCN SOI-39 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5591.JPG|Fragment of Beam Showing Fish-tailed Elephant with Stalked Lotus in His Trunk. Circa 100 CE
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[[File:Naga Court, Sonkh, Mathura, 100 CE.jpg|thumb|left|upright=3|Naga Court, Sonkh, Mathura, 100 CE]]
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==References==
{{Commons category|Sonkh}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Mathura district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mathura district]]

{{Mathura-geo-stub}}

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