Lakkundi Excavation
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- Conducted at Kote Veerabhadreshwar (Veerabhadraswamy) Temple
- Supports heritage conservation and UNESCO World Heritage nomination
✅ Location :
- Lakkundi village, Gadag district, Karnataka
-Ancient name: Lokkigundi
✅ Historical background :
- Important economic, religious, and cultural centre (10th–13th century)
- Flourished under Kalyana Chalukyas; later Hoysalas
- Known as the “village of a hundred temples and wells”
- Associated with Queen Attimabbe (11th century), eminent Jain patron
- Coexistence of Hindu temples, Jain basadis, stepwells, and a Muslim dargah
- Origin of the “Lakkundi school” of Chalukyan architecture
✅ Major discoveries :
- Neolithic remains
Grey clay pottery fragments
Stone axe
Cowrie shells
Cross-shaped pedestal
- Early historic–medieval remains
Stone pedestal with carved Jina figure
Inscriptions
Buried temple structures
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- Conducted at Kote Veerabhadreshwar (Veerabhadraswamy) Temple
- Supports heritage conservation and UNESCO World Heritage nomination
✅ Location :
- Lakkundi village, Gadag district, Karnataka
-Ancient name: Lokkigundi
✅ Historical background :
- Important economic, religious, and cultural centre (10th–13th century)
- Flourished under Kalyana Chalukyas; later Hoysalas
- Known as the “village of a hundred temples and wells”
- Associated with Queen Attimabbe (11th century), eminent Jain patron
- Coexistence of Hindu temples, Jain basadis, stepwells, and a Muslim dargah
- Origin of the “Lakkundi school” of Chalukyan architecture
✅ Major discoveries :
- Neolithic remains
Grey clay pottery fragments
Stone axe
Cowrie shells
Cross-shaped pedestal
- Early historic–medieval remains
Stone pedestal with carved Jina figure
Inscriptions
Buried temple structures
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Rojava Region (DAANES)
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✅ What it is :
- Rojava, officially the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria.
- It follows the ideology of democratic confederalism.
- Focuses on local self-rule, gender equality, secular governance, and ethnic pluralism.
- It does not have international recognition as an independent entity.
✅ Located in :
- Northeastern Syria.
- Covers parts of :
Hasakah
Raqqa
Deir ez-Zor
Aleppo (Kobane / Ayn al-Arab)
- Lies along the Euphrates River basin.
- Includes oil- and gas-rich areas, giving it high strategic value.
✅ Neighbouring countries / regions :
- Türkiye to the north
- Iraq (Kurdistan Region) to the east.
- Syrian government controlled areas to the west and south.
- This position makes Rojava a key geopolitical crossroads involving regional and global powers.
[ Places in the news ]
✅ What it is :
- Rojava, officially the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria.
- It follows the ideology of democratic confederalism.
- Focuses on local self-rule, gender equality, secular governance, and ethnic pluralism.
- It does not have international recognition as an independent entity.
✅ Located in :
- Northeastern Syria.
- Covers parts of :
Hasakah
Raqqa
Deir ez-Zor
Aleppo (Kobane / Ayn al-Arab)
- Lies along the Euphrates River basin.
- Includes oil- and gas-rich areas, giving it high strategic value.
✅ Neighbouring countries / regions :
- Türkiye to the north
- Iraq (Kurdistan Region) to the east.
- Syrian government controlled areas to the west and south.
- This position makes Rojava a key geopolitical crossroads involving regional and global powers.
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Chagos Islands
[ Places in the news ]
✅ Location :
- Group of 60+ small islands in the central Indian Ocean.
- Located south of Maldives and east of Seychelles.
-:Largest island: Diego Garcia — hosts a major US–UK military base.
✅ History :
- Controlled by Britain since 1814 (after being ceded by France).
- In 1965, UK separated Chagos from Mauritius and formed British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).
- Mauritius became independent in 1968 but continued claiming Chagos.
- ICJ later said separation of Chagos from Mauritius was unlawful and decolonisation was incomplete.
✅ Strategic Significance :
- Diego Garcia is a key naval, bomber, and intelligence base.
- Supports counter-terrorism, surveillance, and military operations across West Asia, South Asia, and East Africa.
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✅ Location :
- Group of 60+ small islands in the central Indian Ocean.
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-:Largest island: Diego Garcia — hosts a major US–UK military base.
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- Controlled by Britain since 1814 (after being ceded by France).
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- Mauritius became independent in 1968 but continued claiming Chagos.
- ICJ later said separation of Chagos from Mauritius was unlawful and decolonisation was incomplete.
✅ Strategic Significance :
- Diego Garcia is a key naval, bomber, and intelligence base.
- Supports counter-terrorism, surveillance, and military operations across West Asia, South Asia, and East Africa.
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