The Early day's of Lucknow are said to begin way back in the Satyug period of Ramayana when Laxman, the younger brother of Lord Rama of Ayodhya formed a settlement of Lakhanpuri or Laxshmanpur. When Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after completing his exile of 14 years and Lanka victory .At that time he gave this place to his younger brother Lakshman. Archeological excavations indicate presence of pre-historic and historic(AD 40-900) settlements based on these mythology fact's. Thus mythology accounts and legends ascribe the origin of Lucknow under the hand of Ramchandra’s brother, Lakshman who is believed to have founded the settlement and named it Lakhanpuri or Lakshanpur after himself. Lakshman is believed to have stayed in Lakshman Teela, one of high ground near banks of river Gomti. Another mythology story of Lucknow is , it is believed that grandson of Yudhishthir, Janmejaya gave this region to saints and hence the place was full of ashrams and the Brahmins and Kayasthas lived here. Archaeological excavations at the Hulaskhere mound, located on the banks of the Karela Lake in Mohanlalganj tahsil, of Lucknow, link the city to pre- and proto – historic times. The six – meter – high massive mound covers an area of 80 acres and dates from prehistoric times to the Sunga – Kushar era, and from the imperial Guptas (first century B.C. to A.D. 400) to the Sultanate of Delhi. The finds of discovery include a hoard of silver coins belonging to the period of Vinita Pal Diva of Kenai (c tenth century), which were bring to light by the pundit of the kalleshwari devi temple . Director of the state department of archeology Lucknow excavations have yielded archeological remains of the civilization which dates back to 1000BC the remains belongs to a prosperous agricultural community which had well structured buildings and a developed civic system The antiquarian remains included terracotta gamesman and figurines, beads, shellbeads and ivory bangles. The remains indicates an active socio cultural milieu during the pre Buddhist period, i.e. before the fifth century BC the archeological remains also testify to domestication of animals as part of the economic infrastructure, meat appears to be the stable food as is evident from the bones found in the excavations. The remains of buildings indicates the use of concretes structure, belonging to the beginning ofA.D.400. The brick walls of the houses ,which comprised of two to three rooms with sloping roofs,were exposed.lanes and by lanes between two housing complexes formed part of the town plans. A 20 metres long space across the lake has also been encountered which seems to connect two settlements on either side of the lake.