Experts suspect ancient buildings found in Wundwin are from Innwa and early Konebaung era
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Jan 09, 2018
Bricks that were discovered
near the Samone River close to
Nabegone Village in Mandalay
Region’s Wundwin Township
might be the foundation of a
religious building from the Innwa
and early Konebaung era
because they are not similar
to the bricks found from the
Pyu era, according to the Department
of Archaeology and
National Museum (Mandalay
Branch).
The bricks were exposed
and subsequently found
due to water erosion from
the Samone River in November
last year, and people predicted
that the old buildings might be
a fortress from the Pyu period.
Officials from the Department
of Archaeology went and
checked the region on 8 December
and said the building
might be from Innwa and early
Konebaung era.
“When we went to check,
we found arch bricks that were
used for building the top of a
pagoda and the size of the arch
brick and the foundation brick
are not the same size of the
bricks found from the Pyu era.
Most of the bricks we found
are used in Innwa and early
Konebaung era. That’s why we think that
it might be a religious building
from Innwa and Konebaung
era,” said an archaeology official
from the department.
When the bank of Samone River was collapsed, bones
were first found at the wall of
the river bank. Then the brickwork
was discovered under the
bones.
The bricks are one foot
long and eight inches wide, and
the bricks are in square and
triangle shapes, locals said.
“The area where the rows
of brick came out is an area
where Ywar Haung Gone village
once existed, and a pagoda
south of the river was
toppled and destroyed in the
past,” said U San Yin, a villager
from Nabegone Village.
