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All that is left of the dome of the *stūpa* is the lower part of the circular drum of 33½ feet in diameter. This drum was probably hollow in the centre, wherein a relic casket of alabaster has been found. ‘The fragments of plaster found on the western side of the plinth were coloured blue, yellow, red, and chocolate, and bore traces of figures and decorative designs, as well as fragmentary inscriptions in Brāhmi and Kharoshṭhi. Among the latter Mr. Banerji recognized the word *Samana* (Skt. *Śramaṇa*) in lettering of the Kushan epoch, but whether of the early or late part of it, is disputable.’¹

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Sādhupratikramaṇasūtra — Prakrit