Archaeological excavations in southern Nepal have uncovered significant remains from the time of Gautam Buddha in Panditpur. The discoveries were made in Ramgram Municipality of Nawalparasi West district, an area close to the Indian border and historically linked to early Buddhist civilisation.
The Department of Archaeology recently completed a month-long excavation at locations that had not been previously identified by geophysical surveys, a scientific method used to detect underground structures. These new digs revealed well-organised city structures dating back to the sixth century BCE, along with copper coins from the Kushan period, an influential empire that ruled large parts of South Asia between the first and third centuries CE.