An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.127

v2.c30.127

In the mound of Khana-Mihirer-Dhipi has been excavated a stupendous brick temple complex facing n. and measuring 19·20 sq m, with 4·26 m long projections on three sides and a vestibule 13·72 square attached to the main temple on the n. A deep pit, 3·52 m sq and 7·16 m deep, lined with rubbed bricks with obliquely decreasing sides, and a paved floor, 86 cm sq, at the bottom, has been encountered in the excavation. Although the excavators claim a Gupta date for the temple, Saraswati, 1976, on the basis of the plan, architecture and developed form of the plinth mouldings, would ascribe it to the Pāla period.