2,000-year-old archeological remains found in E Nepal

The ruins of 2000-year-old buildings have been found in Kichakbadhsthal, a historic place in Jhapa district in eastern Nepal in the course of excavation.

The remains of walls of buildings made of bricks measuring 36 centimeters long, 26 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters thick have been unearthed.

They were excavated from one meter under the surface. An earthen lamp and an urn have been also found at the excavation site.

The condition of the remains shows the buildings were collapsed by a strong earthquake.

According to Sismic, a French organization studying about earthquake, the buildings might have been collapsed by the earthquake that took place in the fifth century.