[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) › v2.c28.92 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.92 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.92 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.92) \*\*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. - [Previous: v2.c28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.91) - [Next: v2.c28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.93) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ahicchatra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ahichchhatra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.92) · Pramāṇa