Lagatar24 Desk
Patna, June 4: The Archaeological Survey of India’s Patna circle discovered traces of brick walls at the site of a pond rejuvenation project in Kumrahar, Bihar’s Patna. Experts say that the walls could be at least 2,000 years old.
Goutami Bhattacharya, the ASI-Patna circle’s superintending archaeologist, said the officials discovered the ruins of the walls while digging on Thursday near Kumrahar, 6 km east of Patna Railway Station, where artifacts of the Mauryan empire had previously been uncovered.
“The ASI is rejuvenating the protected pond as part of the Centre’s ‘Mission Amrit Sarovar’ initiative. The brick walls inside the pond are a significant find. A team of ASI experts is analysing the archeological importance of the walls,” Bhattacharya told news agency Press Trust of India.
These bricks appear to be from the Kushan period, which ruled over most of northern India, modern-day Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia from around AD 30 to circa 375, but any conclusions can only be formed after a thorough examination, Goutami said.
“We have also informed our senior officials at the ASI headquarters in New Delhi about the discovery,” she stated.
In accordance with the Centre’s ‘Mission Amrit Sarovar’ policy, the ASI-Patna is renewing all eleven protected water bodies in Bihar.
