page_title: Gomsi
section_title: Report of 1996-97
hierarchical_section_title: Gomsi / Excavation at Gomsi / Report of 1996-97
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the ruins of an ancient brick house in Gomsi
context_page_description: Gomsi is an ancient archaeological site located between Rani Village and Sika Tode in East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is associated with the 13th-century Chutiya Kingdom, which was located at the field of Rani Village, about 15 km from the town of Pasighat.
  It might have acted as a checkpoint of the Chutia kingdom to keep peace in the region as well to control the trade exchanges at that period. There is also an ancient man-made pond built as a part of the settlement.
context_section_description: The site is spread in an area of 11.5 acres of land.  Excavation revealed that the site represents a large brick mound with L-shaped large earthen mound measuring (23 m x 23 m x 24 m) about 3 m south of it and a rectangular pond measuring 38 m x 28 m about 60 m south of the mound. These are surrounded by nala measuring 3.5 m wide from all corners and both ends meeting in the pond. The nala served a dual purpose of a moat and a source of water supply. 
  A number of small earthen mounds measuring about 14 m x 10 m are also situated in the vicinity at regular intervals.
caption: This is the ruins of an ancient brick house in Gomsi
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