Saunkh
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Town
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Saunkh
15km
Saunkh
Location of Saunkh, near Mathura | |
  Saunkh Show map of Uttar Pradesh  Saunkh Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 27°23′42″N 77°29′38″E / 27.395°N 77.494°E / 27.395; 77.494 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Mathura |
| Population
(2011)
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| • Total | 9,556 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Website | npsonkh |
Saunkh, often spelled as Sonkh, is a town and a Nagar PanchayatinMathura districtofUttar Pradesh, India.[1]
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]
![Sonkh Apsidal Temple, a Nāga shrine.[6]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sonkh_Apsidal_Temple.jpg)
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