An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.259

v2.c29.259

In one of the trenches of Stratum II there was an ornate brick *kuṇḍa* and a pillared hall, designed as a hollow cross within a square, each side measuring 15·5 m, the cross leading to four rooms, each 4·3 m square, and having a pit or *kuṇḍa* of the shape of an ornamental lotus with 16 incurved petals, built of finely rubbed bricks. The *kuṇḍa* had four stone pillar-bases around it and at its centre was an octagonal hollow structure, less than 1 m in diameter, with a pottery pipe for leading water into a cess-pit outside through an underground drain. A large number of decorative bricks bearing human and animal (including bird) figurines, besides flowers and foliage—all indicate the religious character of the building and its Pāla age. In another trench was exposed the foundation of temple-like structure.