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| Five of these
stupas are extremely wellpreserved. There is a large stone image of Avalokit- esvara.
There is also a small shrine with an image believed to be of Nagarjuna. Monastery sites
No. Mr. A. Ghosh has described me as the most important of the monastery group, with as
many m, nine strata and each of them is indicated by concrete pavements and super-imposed
walls and drains. The monastery contains a number of monk cells with wide verandahs in
front. A copper plate inscription of Dharmapala (c. 770-815), the predecessor of
Devapala, and another one of Samudra- gupta, of the Gupta dynasty (c. 335-75), were found
here. Monastery site 'No. 4 has also a large number of cells as in other monasteries and
it is here that a coin of Kumaragupta (A.D. 413-55) was found. Mr. Ghosh mentions:
"Traces, of the (destruction of the lower monastery by fire exist in the burnt wooden
door frames and mud mortar of the face masonry of the walls". |
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