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the old bed of the river.'¹ In another place, underneath a platform, was a mass of cremated human bones, and about 16 feet from it, a large heap of ashes and charcoal with human bones 'which undoubtedly represents the remains of several funeral pyres.'² A double rectangular sepulchre has been found at the third stratum. It comprises two distinct compartments, one of which had an irregularly shaped relic-chamber, 1 foot 5 inches by 1 foot 4 inches by 1 foot 2 inches. The contents consisted of a number of cremated bones. Human bones were found scattered all over. One large collection of animal bones of dogs, sheep, oxen, and horses has been found buried. From this collection Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni concludes that 'they might be the remnants of a big animal sacrifice.'³