“Coins from the Harappan civilization era unearthed in a farmer’s field in UP’s Bijnor”
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FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
In 2016, a farmer in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, found a container filled with copper utensils which, according o the Archaeological Survey of India, most likely to belong to the Harappan Era. Major news outlets reported this incident but nowhere was it mentioned that 146 coins worth crores of rupees were found on the farmer’s land.
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In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2022. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- goodnews-in.comhttps://goodnews-in.com/%e0%b2%b0%e0%b3%88%e0%b2%a4%e0%b2%a8-%e0%b2%b9%e0%b3%8a%e0%b2%b2%…
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SXHKZQnQSw&ab_channel=KannadaUtube
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