Amongst the artifacts unearthed there are quaint chess pieces, a portion of an oven or a furnace, an enclosure which may have been used as a water tank, stone dice, quaint chess pieces, jagged chunks of semi-precious gems and some grooves in stone that appear to be an ancient drainage system. "One of the most remarkable discoveries that we've made are the remains of brick homes," says Rajesh. "Being prohibitively expensive, bricks were not normally employed in civic structures in early history. They're usually restricted to public spaces or houses of worship. This is a rare finding, especially significant when you consider how most other excavations in these parts have revealed only gravestones and cemeteries."
