Saunkh
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Archaeology
The site is well-known for archaeological excavations led by Herbert Härtel in 1969-70.[2] Numerous artefacts recovered from Sonkh are visible in the Mathura Museum.[3] 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 Mauyra era.[4]
Coins of the 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.[5] The earliest Mitra coins are those of Gomitra (150-50 BCE).[5]
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Salabhanjika sculpture
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Sonkh Matrika statuette
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Sonkh bronze image of Kubera and Hariti. Kushan period
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Naga Noble Man Coming Out of Crocodile Jaws. Circa 100 CE
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Fragment of Beam Showing Fish-tailed Elephant with Stalked Lotus in His Trunk. Circa 100 CE
![Sonkh Apsidal Temple, a Nāga shrine.[6]](/wiki143/index.php?title=File:Sonkh_Apsidal_Temple.jpg){kind=link}
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