Karnal, May 28 -- A group of activists and individuals from the Buddhist community claimed that the state government damaged the 2000-year-old Kushana period Buddhist stupa, an ancient archaeological site on the banks of Brahmasarovar in Kurukshetra, in the name of beautification.

Activists reported this as "serious and potentially irreversible damage" to the structure which now resembles a water tank due to alleged negligence by the Haryana state archaeology and museums department.

Sidhartha Gauri, founder of The Maitreya Trust and a Yamunanagar-based activist said that since its discovery, the ancient site has continuously suffered destruction and neglect-first at the hands of foreign invaders and now due to administrative negligence ...