[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.s8.8 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s8.8 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s8.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8.8) The mud \*stūpa\* at VAIŚĀLĪ has been identified by A.S. Altekar, the excavator, with the one raised by the Licchavis over the relics of Buddha, on account of the primitive feature of the \*stūpa\*, the location of which has been thought to correspond to Hiuen Tsang's location of the \*stūpa\* of the Licchavis. However the identification is not beyond dispute. This \*stūpa\* yielded a small soapstone casket containing a small quantity of ashy earth, a piece of gold leaf, two glass beads, a small conch and a copper punch-marked coin \[3.1\]. The reliquary together with the knobbed lid presents a globular profile (\*IAR 1957-8\*, p. 11; \*1958-9\*, p. 5). - [Previous: v1.c17.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8.7) - [Next: v1.c17.s8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8.9) - [Up: v1.c17.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaiśālī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.vaisali) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s8.8) · Pramāṇa