An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.92

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**Ahicchatrā**, Dt Bareilly, known in ancient literature also as Ahicchatra and Adhicchatrā, the capital of N. Pañcāla, identified by A. Cunningham (*ASI—AR*, 1, pp. 255-66) with the ruined fort near village Ramnagar between the Ramganga and Ghangan, 11 km n. of Aonla, a Tehsil headquarters, though the fort is in the revenue jurisdiction of Nusratganj, the adjacent village. The fortification, 5·60 km in circuit, rises prominently above the surrounding fields and encloses a series of rolling mounds, the highest of which, representing a ruined temple (see below), rises to height of 23 m from the field level. A feature of the fortification is that a long n.-s. partition wall abutting at both ends against the main fortification wall was built at a late stage of the city’s life dividing it into two sectors, e. and w. The e. sector ceased to be occupied earlier than the w.