Patna: Due to the restoration of a pond in the Kumhrar area of Bihar's capital Patna, the Archaeology Department (ASI) has found a 2000-year-old wall of bricks in an excavation. According to ASI officials, this wall may be from the Kushan period. Gautami Bhattacharya, superintendent of Patna circle of the Archaeological Survey of India, noticed the wall on Thursday evening due to the excavation. The Kumhrary area is 6 km to the east of Patna railway station.
It was in this area that the remains of the first Mauryan Empire were found. ASI is renovating this protected pond. The work is being done under the Centre's 'Mission Amrit Sarovar' scheme. It is a big deal to get a wall of bricks inside the pond. Asi's experts are assessing the archaeological significance of this wall.
ASI says that these bricks are believed to be of the Kushan period. The Kushan dynasty ruled most of the areas of the north Indian subcontinent. Bhattacharya said the Kushan dynasty ruled Afghanistan and some parts of Central Asia from 30 AD to about 375 AD, but only after a detailed analysis, a conclusion can be drawn about this wall. The top officials of the Headquarters in Delhi have also been informed about this wall. All the 11 protected ponds in Bihar are being renovated by ASI Patna under the 'Mission Amrit Sarovar' scheme of the Central Government. PM Narendra Modi launched Mission Amrit Sarovar on April 24. Under this initiative of water conservation, 75 water bodies are to be developed and rejuvenated in every district of the country under the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence.
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