Studies in Indian Art c8.s1.t3.9

c8.s1.t3.9

The several monuments peculiar to the citadel throw light on the political and social organisation, the granary corresponding to the Koshthāgāra, the Assembly Hall to the Sabhā or Samthāgāra, the "College" to the Prāsāda or Royal Palace, the Great Bath to the Royal Pushkarinī zealously guarded. Each one of these institutions and their emplacement within fortified walls agrees quite well with what we know of similar institutions in historical times associated with a centralised kingly authority with the capital town and palace across the road. What remains to complete this picture is a religious establishment which it is expected lies below the Buddhist stūpa.