Excavations by Alexander Cunningham
Mahasthan, identified with ancient Paundra Vardhana, is an extensive fortified city with earthen and brick ramparts. Exploration yielded Brahmanical and Jain sculptures, ancient bronze figures, molded terra-cotta frieze panels from the Man-kali mound, and hoards of Gupta gold and medieval Bengal silver coins.
- Kind
- excavation
- Date
- 1879–1880 CE
- Place
- Puṇḍranagara (24.9611, 89.3428)
Reports (1)
Campaigns (5)
- Excavations by Alexander Cunningham
- Excavation by K. N. Dikshit
- Excavations by G. C. Chandra
- Excavations by T. N. Ramachandran and N. G. Majumdar
- Bangladesh–French mission