Two years later, the Company contracted Alexander Burnes to sail up the Indus to assess the feasibility of water travel for its army. Burnes, who also stopped in Harappa, noted the baked bricks employed in the site's ancient masonry, but noted also the haphazard plundering of these bricks by the local population.
two years later the company contracted alexander burnes to sail up the indus to assess the feasibility of water travel for its army burnes who also stopped in harappa noted the baked bricks employed in the site's ancient masonry but noted also the haphazard plundering of these bricks by the local population