Dupljaja

Archaeologist have discovered the remains of the old Slavic city Karaš, which was the capital and the largest fort of Banat in the 11th century. The remains include part of an old church and part of the building which supposedly was the palace of the prince, as well as several hundred coins that originated from central and western Europe and pieces of golden and silver jewels. [http://www.dnevnik.rs/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12711]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

There are also remains from Prehistory and from the Bronze Age (mostly belonging to the Dubovac culture). The most famous archaeological Bronze Age artifacts from Dupljaja are the so-called "Dupljaja chariots", which are about 3,500-3,300 years old,{{cite book | last=Harding | first=A. F. | title=European Societies in the Bronze Age | publisher=Cambridge University Press | date=2000-05-18 | isbn=978-0-521-36729-5 | doi=10.1017/cbo9780511605901 | page=}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/early-chariots-and-religion-in-southeast-europe-and-the-aegean-during-the-bronze-age-a-reappraisal-of-the-dupljaja-chariot-in-context/DC2A0FC7066548E7C0FED0C9024169B3 |journal=European Journal of Archaeology |date=2023 |title= Early Chariots and Religion in South-East Europe and the Aegean During the Bronze Age: A Reappraisal of the Dupljaja Chariot in Context |last1=Molloy |first1=Barry |display-authors=etal |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1017/eaa.2023.39|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal | last=Bilić | first=Tomislav | title=The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography | journal=Documenta Praehistorica | publisher=University of Ljubljana | volume=43 | date=2016-12-30 | issn=1854-2492 | doi=10.4312/dp.43.23 | pages=445–466| doi-access=free }} and whose photograph features on Serbian drivers licenses.[http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/511/zanimljivosti/3817476/zasto-su-dupljajska-kolica-posebna-da-su-se-nasla-na-vozackim-dozvolama.html RTS prilog][https://www.novosti.rs/drustvo/vesti/1173145/pogledajte-svoju-vozacku-dozvolu-ovu-sliku-sigurno-niste-primetili-rec-najvaznijem-artefaktu-srbije POGLEDAJTE SVOJU VOZAČKU DOZVOLU: Ovu sliku sigurno niste primetili, a reč je o najvažnijem artefaktu Srbije]

In 1921, the population of Dupljaja included 1,149 Serbs, 19 Romanians, 10 Slovaks, 10 Germans, and 2 Hungarians.

File:Dupljaja.jpg|Chariot model 1{{Cite journal |last=Bilic |first=Tomislav (2016) |title=The swan chariot of a solar deity: Greek narratives and prehistoric iconography|url=https://www.academia.edu/31094355/The_Swan_Chariot_of_a_Solar_Deity_Greek_Narratives_and_Prehistoric_Iconography |journal=Documenta Praehistorica |volume=43}}

File:Chariot from Dupljaja, Serbia, c.1300 BC (Bronze Age).jpg|Chariot model 1, side view

File:Dupljaja Chariot 2.png|Chariot model 2

File:Dupljaja Chariot 2a.png|Chariot model 2, reverse view

• 1961: 1,174
• 1971: 1,165
• 1981: 1,152
• 1991: 1,027
• 2002: 854
• 2011: 738

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• [http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/511/zanimljivosti/3817476/zasto-su-dupljajska-kolica-posebna-da-su-se-nasla-na-vozackim-dozvolama.html RTS prilog]
• Jovan Erdeljanović, Srbi u Banatu, Novi Sad, 1992.
• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090917091507/http://www.belacrkva.co.rs/mapa_naselja.html Map of the Bela Crkva municipality showing the location of Dupljaja]

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