A remarkable scientific discovery has revealed that a Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) in Munger, Bihar, is approximately 700 years old, making it the world’s oldest accurately dated banyan tree. Unlike earlier estimates based on folklore or historical records, researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) used Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating toContinue reading “World’s Oldest Scientifically Dated Banyan Tree Found in Munger, Bihar: A 700-Year-Old Natural Heritage”