Archaeologists hit upon `gold mine' of relics at Hadonahalli Shimoga, May 30: Shimoga;The State Department of Archaeology and Museums has sought the permission of the State Government to take up extensive excavation at a proto-historic site at Hadonahalli in Shimoga taluk on the banks of the Tungabhadra. The department had made a formal proposal to the district administration, asking it to send a proposal to the Revenue Department. The excavation is to be taken up on a 12-acre plot on a mound. Owners of the land, which was lying vacant, had decided to utilise it for areca cultivation. They said...