An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c33.4

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**Farakka**, Dt Murshidabad, now famous as the site of a dam across the Ganga, where an extensive habitation site with brick houses, ring-wells [14.15] and brick-lined wells has been exposed by the Farakka Project authorities and where the W. Bengal Dept of Arch. has brought to light early historical pottery [4.18.5], a hoard of punch-marked coins [3.1] and terracotta figurines [17], the female ones with applied and pinhole decorations. The pottery assemblage may go back to the 4th century B.C. but also includes the Red Polished Ware [11.23] of the early centuries A.D. and even some late historical types. It has been identified with Kajangala, the e. limit of Madhyadeśa in Buddhist literature, which again has been equated to Hiuen Tsang’s Kie-chu-hoh-khi-lo, Kie-ching-kie-lo or Kachu-wen-k’ilo. Beal, S., 1983, *Buddhist Records of the W. World*, New Delhi. Chakrabarti, D.K., 1978, in *Jour. Ind. Hist.*, 56, pp. 27-33.