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Stegodan Ganesa
May 3 , 2025
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- It was a first-of-its-kind discovery in Maharashtra.
- It found rare fossils of the extinct Stegodon Ganesa.
- It is an ancient elephant species.
- It is said to be the ancestor of modern-day Asiatic elephants.
- The fossils are 25,000 years old and belong to the late Pleistocene period.
- The elephant found in Chandrapur district was 15 feet in height.
- This has been confirmed by the discovery of the extinct elephant-like head of Elephas Namadicus at this place.
- This species of elephant lived in India during the Pleistocene period from 2 lakh to 11,700 years ago.
- The last period of this period was the Ice Age.
- When this Ice Age melted, there were huge floods in India.
- Many species were washed away in this flood.
- Evidence of many living things is found in the sediment (alluvium) of the flood.
- Fossils of Asian elephants have been found in some places in Sindhudurg, Pune and Solapur districts of Maharashtra, as well as in Telangana.
- But this is the first case of the discovery of fossils of Stegodon elephants in Maharashtra.
- Penganga River (676 Km) originates in the Ajantha ranges in Aurangabad district in Maharashtra.
- It flows along the State border between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh before converging into Wardha river.
- The Geological Survey of India has its headquarters in Kolkata.
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