An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.t1.16

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Though the Kamakhya temple on the Nilachal Hill, Gauhati, is a living shrine of a later period, the antiquity of the site goes back to the 7th-8th centuries. Pottery, a relic casket [12.8], Buddhist and Brāhmaṇical sculptures, etc., have been found at the site (Choudhury, 1966, p. 437).