The nearly 20-foot-deep and three-foot-wide well was discovered on Sunday (September 6) during debris removal at the site. A team of archaeologists from Lucknow inspected it on Monday to examine its construction, bricks and other features and assess its possible age and historical significance. Manoj Kumar Yadav, assistant archaeological officer, said the structure appeared at first sight to be an old well and that its construction characteristics suggested it could date back roughly two to two-and-a-half centuries.

Well found beneath demolished mosque debris in Saharanpur, ASI informed

: A day after authorities demolished an unauthorised mosque structure on the Saharanpur Collectorate premises in compliance with a court order, workers discovered a circular,…

Manoj Kumar Yadav of the state archaeology department said the team’s primary objective was to determine the antiquity and nature of the structure and correlate it with historical…

The nearly 20-foot-deep and three-foot-wide well was discovered on Sunday (September 6) during debris removal at the site. A team of archaeologists from Lucknow inspected it on…