[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.c29.1176 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1176 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1176 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.1176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1176) Buxar (25°34′; 84°1′), Dt Bhojpur, on the Ganga which has been gradually cutting the mound, a site with a long traditional history of the Rāmāyaṇic age and having a medieval fort built on a part of it. A haphazard digging in 1926-7 yielded female terracotta figurines with flowing skirts, regarded as ‘prehistoric’ (Banerji-Śāstrī, 1930, 1934), and two seals with early Brāhmī legends. Systematic excavation in 1963-5 by B.P. Sinha \*et al.\* (\*IAR 1963-4\*, p. 8) showed three Pds, though the natural soil could not be reached. - [Previous: v2.c29.1175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1175) - [Next: v2.c29.1177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1177) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) ## Linked texts (1) - [Buxar](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.buxar) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.1176) · Pramāṇa