Kurukshetra: In a significant archaeological find, big-size bricks, dating back 2,000 to 4,500 years, have been found at Brahamsar Teeratha, about 40 km from this holy city in Haryana.

The bricks, one of them measuring 70 by 47 by 10 cm, were discovered during the desilting process of the Brahamsar Teeratha in Thana village, Chander Pal Singh Tanwar of the Haryana Archaeology Department said.

Claiming them to be the "biggest old bricks" ever found in India, Mr. Tanwar said these might have been used for the ghats of the Brahamsar tank, which was spread in 115 acres of land even today.

Two other bricks, excavated during the desilting, measured 32 by 21 by 10 cm and 28 by 22 by 7 cm.

He said the bricks belonged to the Kushan age and ranged upto the Rajput period, going by their size. Such huge-size bricks had not been found in any part of the country so far.

These bricks might have been used in the construction of the Prachi ghat of the Brahamsar Teeratha, he added.

Mr. Tanwar said if the tank was properly excavated under the guidance of archaeologists of the Archaeological Survey of India or the Haryana State Archaeology Department, there was a possibility of discovering a big ghat on its northern bank.

Thana village is situated on a mound, with Brahamsar Teeratha on its western-southern side. The Teeratha has a temple belonging to the later medieval period on the eastern side and ghats for males and females.

At present, about a dozen tractors and other machinery are at work in the tank to desilt sand. It was during this process that the villagers found the bricks. — UNI

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