JK: Graves of early Muslim period discovered

Srinagar, June 10: Three graves dating back to 1400 AD have beenrecently discovered in a downtown locality of Srinagar city.

The Jammu and Kashmir Archives and Archaeology Department hasstarted the research on the stones of medieval graves accidentallydiscovered near a shrine at Shah Kadal, Kanimazar here on June 3.

The three graves in black and white granite date back to 1400 AD, the beginning of Muslim period in Kashmir.

Senior officials of the department said the graves might be of the era of Sultan Sikandar.

One of the graves was believed to be of a woman. The two graves had black stones while the upper portion had white stones.

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