Kaytha

Kaytha
Kayatha
village
Kaytha is located in Madhya Pradesh
Kaytha
Kaytha
Coordinates: 23°14′13″N 76°01′08″E / 23.237°N 76.0189°E / 23.237; 76.0189
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictUjjain
TehsilTarana
Elevation
495 m (1,624 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total8,040
Language
 • OfficialHindi[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeMP-IN
Census code471803

Kaytha or Kayatha is a village and an archaeological site in the Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, India, in the Tarana tehsil, near the city of Ujjain, on the banks of Choti-Kali Sindh river.

In 1964, V. S. Wakankar discovered the archeologically important Kayatha culture here, dating back to more than 4000 years.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ Mohinder Singh Randhawa (1980). A History of Agriculture in India: Beginning to 12th century. Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
  3. ^ MK Dhawalikar; ZD Ansari (1975). Excavations at Kayatha. Pune: Lokasangraha Press.
  4. ^ RK Sharma; OP Misra (2003). Archaeological Excavations in Central India: Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. New Delhi: Mittal Publication.

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