Posted on 05/15/2006 10:00:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Huge bricks belonging to the ancient Indian Kushan Dynasty have been found near the famous Kurukshetra battlefield, around which the Indian epic, Mahabharata, involving a fatricidal conflict between the Pandavas and Kauravas, is centered.
According to the Haryana Archaeology Department, the significant archaeological find was found at Brahamsar Teeratha, about 40 km from Kurukshetra. Officials said that the bricks are as old as 4,500 years and measured 70 by 47 by 10 cm.
They were discovered during the desilting process of the Brahamsar Teeratha in Thana village, and were probably used for the construction of bathing places near the water tank, which spreads over 115 acres.
Officials say the tank was properly excavated under the guidance of archaeologists of the Archaeological Survey of India or the Haryana State Archaeology Department.
At present, about a dozen tractors and other machinery are at work in the tank to desilt sand in Thana village.
(Excerpt) Read more at newkerala.com ...
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Kansas?
That's 27.6 x 18.5 x 3.9 inches. Would hate to carry many of those up a ladder.
:') Luckily, they didn't invent their first ladder for hundreds of years thereafter.
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