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ASI starts acquisition work of two ancient mounds in PauniBy Shirish Borkar :THE Nagpur Circle of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has started the process of acquiring two ancient mounds of national importance at Pauni in Bhandara District. These two mounds and remains of the circumambulation wall of the ancient Pauni Fort were already declared as national heritage monuments by the Government of India. The rampart of Pauni Fort had undergone a number of renovations and was retained from time to time. Cutting across the southern rampart ASI in 1993-94 revealed five constructional periods of the rampart from Pre-Mauryan Sunga Satvahana and Vakataka. The ancient mounds in Pauni were excavated by the Department of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology RTM Nagpur University in collaboration with the ASI in 1968-69..