Case file · Sacred site
Underwater Dwarka
From 1983 archaeologist S. R. Rao led underwater surveys off Dwarka, Gujarat, finding stone structures and anchors that he linked to Krishna's city, said to have sunk.
1983 CE · 22.24, 68.97 · status: disputed
The sceptical view
Dating is disputed; many finds are historic-era anchors and blocks, and the link to the Mahabharata is interpretive.
Connections in the atlas
- The tsunami and the Seven Pagodas
- Kumari Kandam, the lost Tamil continent
- Thonis-Heracleion found under Abu Qir Bay