An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s7.7
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the cremation ground at NAGARJUNAKONDA (*IAR* 1958-9, p. 8). Another early example is provided by the ERAN stone pillar inscription of A.D. 510 which records that a chief called Goparāja was killed in battle and his wife became a *satī* (Sircar, 1965, p. 345). *Satī* memorials take a different form in the late historical levels at some sites, such as AHICCHATRA, where thin terracotta plaques produced out of shallow moulds show a male and female side by side. These plaques have been called *sattī-sattā*, a term used in Bundelkhand where they are abundantly found. Of the 37 pieces of AHICCHATRĀ 34 are firmly dated to 9th-11th centuries (Agrawala, 1947-8, p. 178).