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Nevasa

Coordinates: 19°33′05″N 74°55′40″E / 19.55139°N 74.92778°E / 19.55139; 74.92778
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Nevasa
Nidhi Nivas
Mahalaya, Newase, Nevase
town
Nevasa is located in Maharashtra
Nevasa
Nevasa
Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 19°33′05″N 74°55′40″E / 19.55139°N 74.92778°E / 19.55139; 74.92778
Country India
StateMaharashtra
DistrictAhmednagar
Language
 • OfficialMarathi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
414603
Telephone code912427
Vehicle registrationMH-17
Nearest cityShrirampur
Lok Sabha constituencyShirdi
Vidhan Sabha constituencyNevasa
Climatehot and humid (Köppen)

Nevasa is a city in Nevasa tehsil of Ahmednagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Mohiniraj Temple

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The city of Nevasa is the location of a 75 - foot tall temple of Mohini, built in 1773, which houses an image of Mohiniraj (Vishnu).

Mohini Raj, Lakshmi

Other information

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The remains of a multilevel settlement dating from the Paleolithic period to the Middle Ages have been discovered at Navasa. Excavations were conducted by H. D. Sankalia in the 1950s and by G. Karve-Corvinus in 1967. Nevasa's Aeneolithic layer reveals a settled agricultural culture characterized in the second millennium B.C. by implements (elongated plates) similar to those of the Harappa civilization, in modern-day Pakistan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gupta, Sunil (1998). "Nevasa: A Type-site for the Study of Indo-Roman Trade in Western India". South Asian Studies. 14: 87–102. doi:10.1080/02666030.1998.9628552.