Findings at Buddhist stupa at Haryana to be displayed

Haryana Department of Archaeology and Museums today announced to display the structures found at the ancient Buddhist stupa in Kurukshetra.
Conservation and scientific cleaning of the Buddhist stupa was being carried out for the last one year, a spokesman of the department said.
Structures which were to be preserved have been kept in soil, he said, adding JCB machine was used for making pathways and landscaping at the Buddhist stupa.
The work was done in a proper manner under supervision of the Archaeology and Museums Department and no harm was made to the stupa or other structures found during scientific cleaning, he said.

Rs 30 lakh has been provided to the tourism department for carrying out various works like making pathways, creating rain shelter and landscaping, the spokesman said.
The tourism department has so far spent Rs 30 lakh on these works, whereas Archaeology and Museums department has used Rs 7 lakh on scientific cleaning and conservation of the area.