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{{short description|Village in Odisha}}
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[[File:AMS Cuttack, Orissa, Golbai.jpg|thumb|Golbai Sasan village, 1959 (bottom Left)]]
[[File:Golabai plan.jpg|thumb|Golabai Sasan prehistoric mound settlement]]
'''Golabai Sasan''' (or Golbai Sasan) is a village in [[Khordha district|Khurda District]], [[Odisha]], [[India]] at {{coord|20|1|21|N|85|33|0|E}}.

It is known for its medieval temple architecture. This settlement site is located on the north bank of the  [[Malaguni River]], North of [[Chilika]] lake.

Trial excavations in 1991, showed a succession of [[Chalcolithic]] and [[Iron Age]] assemblages, presumably dating to the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE. Sinha described the pottery and wares being of dull red and grey colours.

Excavations in 2003 and 2011, conducted by Prof. RK Mohanty of [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]] and a multi-national team,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=sabnis|first=varad|last2=Padhan|first2=Tosabanta|title=PRELIMINARY REPORT ON EXPLORATION AT GOLBAI SASAN, TALAPADA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, DIST. KHURDA, ODISHA, 2010-11|url=https://www.academia.edu/13733931/PRELIMINARY_REPORT_ON_EXPLORATION_AT_GOLBAI_SASAN_TALAPADA_AND_THE_SURROUNDING_AREA_DIST._KHURDA_ODISHA_2010-11|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College 72-73 (2012-2013) PP- 153-166|language=en}}</ref> showed that the site dates to the [[Neolithic]] Period (c.3500 BP).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Kingwell-Banham|first=Eleanor|last2=Harvey|first2=Emma Karoune nee|last3=Mohanty|first3=Rabindra Kumar|last4=Fuller|first4=Dorian Q.|date=2018-07-13|title=Archaeobotanical Investigations into Golbai Sasan and Gopalpur, Two Neolithic-Chalcolithic Settlements of Odisha|url=http://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/articles/10.5334/aa.164/|journal=Ancient Asia|volume=9|issue=0|doi=10.5334/aa.164|issn=2042-5937|doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[Archaeobotany|Archaeobotanical]] analysis showed that the people living at this site grew and ate [[rice]], [[browntop millet]], [[mung bean]], [[Macrotyloma uniflorum|horsegram]], [[pigeon pea]] and [[citrus]] fruits. [[Zooarchaeology|Zooarchaeological]] analysis shows that they ate [[Bos indicus|cattle]], [[nilgai]], [[chital]], wild [[Sus scrofa|pig]] and possibly [[Water buffalo|buffalo]].<ref name=":0" /> They used animal bone and horn to make tools, such as bone harpoons and digging sticks. They lived in circular huts made from wood, with rammed earth floors.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Golbai: A protohistoric site on the coast of Orrisa. In: Basa, KK and Mohanty, P (eds.), Archaeology of Orissa|last=Sinha|publisher=Pratibha Prakashan|year=2000|location=Delhi|pages=322–355}}</ref>

Golbai Sasan, [[Sankarjang]], [[Gopalpur, Odisha|Gopalpur]], Ostapur, Suabarei<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Joglekar|first=Pramod|title=FAUNAL REMAINS FROM THE CHALCOLITHIC CONTEXTS AT SUABAREI, DISTRICT PURI, ODISHA|url=https://www.academia.edu/35575100/FAUNAL_REMAINS_FROM_THE_CHALCOLITHIC_CONTEXTS_AT_SUABAREI_DISTRICT_PURI_ODISHA|language=en}}</ref> and Khambeswaripali are some of the main sites in [[Odisha]] dating to the Neolithic-Chalcolithic periods.<ref>B.K. Sinha, Golabai: A Protohistoric Site on the Coast of Orissa, in: K.K. Basa and P. Mohanty (eds.), ''Archaeology in Orissa'' (Delhi 2000) 322-355</ref>

The recovery of many woodworking adzes and other artifacts from [[Chilika Lake]] denotes that Golabai was a boat-building center especially [[boita]]s which were prominent in the [[Maritime history of Odisha|maritime history of Kalinga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Journal/Journal2/pdf/ohrj-014.pdf |title=Archaeology and the maritime history of ancient Odisha |author=Sushanta Ku. Patra & Dr. Benudhar Patra |work=OHRJ, Vol. XLVII, No. 2 |page=109 |access-date=2010-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125080447/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Journal/Journal2/pdf/ohrj-014.pdf |archive-date=2015-11-25 }}</ref>

== Transport ==
[[Golabai railway station]] is situated on the [[Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section]] of [[Khurda Road railway division]] of Indian Railways.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/golabai-glba/5791|title=Golabai Railway Station Map/Atlas ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry|last=Goyal|first=W. C.|website=indiarailinfo.com|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Khordha district]]
[[Category:History of Odisha]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Odisha]]
[[Category:Maritime history of India]]

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>Hind ji at 08:37, 28 July 2021