Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

Sikkim Prehistoric Exploration (2002 & 2004) In 2002 and 2004, the archaeologist team from the Prehistory Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur, again found a few interesting Neolithic materials around the Rumtek-Martam area. The team led by P.K. Mishra, Superintendent Archaeologist, ASI, Nagpur, surveyed the Martam, Adampool, Rumtek, Samdur, and Sajyong areas in the East district. 29 Neolithic agriculture tools, along with other objects, were recovered from these areas. The most excellent part of the exploration was the discovery of a fossilized antelope horn in the Sajyong area near Rumtek that was reported to be about 150,000 years old. The complete excavation report has been published in a book called "Archaeological Exploration in Sikkim," written by Dr. PK Mishra. The book provides the report of the excavation done in the years 2002 and 2004 at Sikkim by the team led by Dr. Mishra from the Pre-historic Branch of the Archaeological Survey of In...

Odhare Not only is it old, but the very existence of the Himalayan land of Sikkim is looked upon more as being a part of ancient times. The archaeological findings of different Neolithic tools in this part of the Himalayas over the last six decades speak of its antiquity . It may be of little importance to many. However, findings of various Neolithic tools from remote pockets in Sikkim over the past five decades have still collected vivid interest among people beyond this region. On three separate occasions, Neolithic tools had been dug out of Sikkim, which revealed the age of this Himalayan mountainland much earlier than we had supposed. "The term Neolithic Period, or New Stone Age, defines the second period, at the beginning of which ground and usually polished rock tools, notable axes, came into widespread use after the adoption of a new technique of stone working. With the beginning of the Neolithic, the retreat of the last glaciers and the invention of food crops involv...

I still remember writing an article on early man tools found in Sikkim some time back. I had wrapped in brief three separate excavations completed in different parts of Sikkim. A few years later, I saw a complete package of excavation reports of the last excavation done at Sikkim (2004) in the form of a book, which was enough to excite my tiny heart.  The book Archeological Exploration in Sikkim , written by Dr. PK Mishra , provides a report on the excavations done in 2002 and 2004 at Sikkim by the team led by Dr. Mishra from the Prehistoric Branch of the Archeological Survey of India . The book also illustrates photographs with information on early man artifacts discovered from over two dozen Neolithic sites in  North and East Sikkim.   Dr. Mishra writes that the tools recovered from Sikkim were collected from the fields under step cultivation and even from the local people who thought those were “ Chattang ko Dunga ” or the “ Vajra Dunga ” stone from heaven. I smile...

updated on 22.05.2020 I am not an expert on Sikkim's history, nor am I a prolific historian; my interest in Sikkim's past makes me feel that there are various vacant spaces yet to be filled. When I reviewed different pieces of paper on Sikkim's history, I felt we knew very little about our country. Time has come, and the account of Sikkim's history should be reworked from its primary period, though we know we have inadequate resources. I am sure that capturing the early days of Sikkim (the era when we found the first settlements on this land) in 2020 isn’t as easy as it seems, but we can make an attempt. As a student of Sikkim history, I feel it is not within our perimeter to come up with the entire scene from the beginning until now at once, but we can create a room for our coming generations to carry forward those works we shall leave for them.  Today, we hold ourselves accountable to our ancestors (I am not referring to Rishley, Das, Ray, and others;...

--> Display of Neolithic tools recovered from Sajyong, 2003 (Weekend Review) BY SHITAL PRADHAN Not only is the Himalayan land of Sikkim old but it is also considered ancient. The archeological findings of different Neolithic tools in this part of the Himalayas over the last three decades speak of its antiquity. It may be of little importance to many. However, findings of various Neolithic tools from the remote pockets in Sikkim over the past five decades have still collected vivid interest in people beyond this region. On three separate occasions, Neolithic tools had been dug out from Sikkim, and that unfolded the age of this Himalayan mountain land much against the period we were supposed to. “The term Neolithic Period, or New Stone Age, defines the second period, at the beginning of which ground and usually polished rock tools, notably axes, came into widespread use after the adoption of a new technique of stone working. The beginning of the Neolithic...