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Suketi
Suketi is a village in  Sirmaur DistrictHimachal PradeshIndia. It has Asia's oldest Fossil park. At a distance of 21 km from Nahan, it displays lifesize fiber reinforced plastic(FRP) models of pre-historic animals whose fossil skeletons were unearthed here. The park is the first of its kind in Asia to be developed at the actual discovery site of fossils. The Park is located on the left bank of the Markanda river and is approachable by a link road 4 km from highway from Haryana. Located on upper and middle Shiwaliks, consisting mainly of soft sandstone and clay rocks, the park at present has six sets of life-size models, of Stegodon GaneshaSivatheriumHexaprotodon sivalensisColossochelys atlasParamachairodus and Crocodilia, Mesozoic animals which once thrived in the region.

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