DHAKA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi archaeologists recently excavated a 1,500-year-old brick structure of a temple in Bogra district, 170 km northwest of the capital Dhaka.

    Nahid Sultana, custodian of the Department of Archaeology, was quoted by local newspaper The Daily Star Saturday as saying, during the ongoing archaeological excavation, walls, held together with mud, about two meters wide and antiques including part of an ornamental brick have been found. "But the entrance gate has not yet been found," she said.

    Most of the bricks on the walls are 35cm long, 27cm wide and 4 cm thick. To protect the walls of the main structure of the temple from collapsing, support walls were built with the same kind of bricks. A brick-built floor of a room of the temple was also discovered in the western side of the structure.

    Mahabubul Alam, assistant custodian of the Department of Archaeology, said the temple was here when Chinese pilgrim Xuan Zang visited the area between 639 AD and 645 AD.

    He said further excavation is required to get more information about the wall but the department cannot do so due to fund constraint.