An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.73

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**Ahar¹**, (28°25′; 78°15′), Dt Bulandshahr, located 43 km e. of Bulandshahr on the right bank of the Ganga. The deserted mound to the w. of the village is known as Kundilpur. Stray antiquities from the site have been recorded from time to time by F. Growse, A. Cunningham, W.E.J. Dobbs, M.S. Vats and others. Growse recorded a mutilated round pillar with its base encircled by snakes and Cunningham found an inscription of Mahīpāla of Kanauj in Kuṭila characters [20.4.2], dated A.D. 980 (*ASI—AR*, 12, pp. 27-36). Dobbs discovered another inscription of 28 lines, also in Kuṭila characters, recording the safe investment to the temple of Kanakadevī in the town of Tattānandapura. Vats explored the site intensively in 1924-5 (*ASI—AR 1925-6*, pp. 56-8, 172-4). He laid five trenches, A, B, C, D and E, A and C of late medieval period, yielding Muslim copper coins and glazed pottery. Trench A revealed seven structural levels and Trench B four, the structures of the second and third phases being the best preserved. The third phase revealed oblong chambers on either side of a long wall, running e. to w., with another series of chambers across in the n. Trench D yielded antiquities of the 10th and 11th centuries. Trench E was not properly examined.