The archaeological site of Sanghol situated 40 kilometres from Chandigarh on the
National Highway to Ludhiana is exceptional in many ways. One of the very few
sites extensively excavated in post-Independence Punjab, it was settled as early
as the second millennium bc and has continued in occupation well into the
present. The cultural deposit is rich and varied, especially in its diverse
range of coins, seals and sealings, and this marks Sanghol out from other
contemporary settlements. The discovery of exquisitely sculpted pillars of a
stone railing carefully buried in the vicinity of a Buddhist stupa brought
Sanghol into the limelight in 1985 and large-scale excavations were