Three ancient swords found on Sai river bank in Unnao

(With Pics)
Kanpur: Three ancient swords weighing 20 kg each, were discovered during levelling of an agricultural field in a remote village located on the banks of Sai river in Unnao district on Wednesday.
The levelling work was underway in the Chichauli village near the banks of Sai river for the past few days.
Later, the news went viral on social media.This forced the district administration to take note of the incident.
“A team for verification will visit the village on Thursday,” said a senior district official.
Indra Bahadur Singh and Ramnarayan Singh, residents of Chichauli village, sold their seven bighas of land to Anirudh Verma, an employee in the irrigation department, resident of Dubagga, Lucknow, six months ago.
The levelling work has been underway in the fields since the past few days. On Wednesday, the workers with the help of a tractor were levelling the land when they found three ancient swords. The workers became threatened and gave the swords to the supervisor, who later kept the weapons in a four-wheeler and left the place. The news however spread after it went viral on social media.
SDM Purwa Rajendra Prasad said, “I tried to gather information in this regard, but failed to get any clue. We have formed a team that will visit the village on Thursday. There is a need for proper excavation at the site.”
The swords covered with mud, circulating on social media groups have forced the villagers to connect the war weapons with the 1857 uprising. But, that is more a speculation and these iron weapons need to get authenticated by historians and archaeologists.