[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c17.s7.7 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s7.7 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s7.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.7) 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). - [Previous: v1.c17.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.6) - [Next: v1.c17.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.8) - [Up: v1.c17.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ahicchatra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ahichchhatra) - [Nāgārjunakoṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nagarjunakonda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s7.7) · Pramāṇa