An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s8.19

v1.c17.s8.19

The main *stūpa* at DEVNIMORI yielded two stone caskets, both of them within earthen pots. The casket with a flat base, cylindrical body and flattish knob at the top, which was found below the bottom brick course of the *stūpa*, contained only ashes. The second casket with a flat base, cylindrical body and globular knob resting on mouldings at the top, which lay within the core of the brickwork of the *stūpa*, is inscribed with the *Pratītyasamutpāda-sūtra* and a dedicatory record, from which it is gathered that this casket was made for interring the corporeal relics of Daśabala (Buddha). Within the casket were gold and silver foils and other material, apart from a copper pot with a flat base and top and a somewhat sloping body containing silk bags, a gold bottle with an oval body and screw-type neck and some organic material.