Narinjara News
The city walls of
ancient
Akyab, May 20: A SPDC sponsored
archeological dig unearthed both outer and
inner walls of the Dainya Waddy city in Arakan state, in west
The remains of Dainya Wadday lay 300 yards south of
According to the Arakanese
chronicle, the ancient city existed between 3,325 BC
and 326 AD. The archeologists
only dug 3 feet into the ground to reveal about
200 yards of the east-west double wall of the ancient city.
According to a monk who has visited the site, the east-west
city wall could be
about 3 miles long, but the dig has
not finished yet.
Even though the Burmese Archeological Department is doing
the dig as part of a
program, it is not a systematic
archeological survey. Local residents are
asked to do the digging, and this
could lead to the ancient artifacts been
destroyed.
A Similar program of archeological excavation in Arakan was conducted on the
site of
1984. From this dig many artifacts including gold and
silver coins, city
walls, and foundations of a
monastery, a 3,500 square feet building, and some
stone inscriptions were found.#
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