2,000-Year-Old Structures Unearthed in Nepal

JHAPA, NEPAL—The Kathmandu Post reports that remnants of a possible palace and fortress have been uncovered in eastern Nepal at the site of Kichak Badh. Archaeologist Uddhav Acharya has dated the structures to between A.D. 30 and 375, during the rule of the Kushan Empire, which included territory in what are now India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. This region served as a trade center between the Roman Empire and China, he explained. Previous research into the geology of the region suggests that these buildings were likely destroyed by an earthquake in the fifth century. To read about excavations of a sixth-century B.C. Buddhist shrine in Lumbini, Nepal, go to "Buddhism, in the Beginning," one of ARCHAEOLOGY's Top 10 Discoveries of 2014.