[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.c38.170 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.170 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.170 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.170) In a shaft dug into the centre of the mound though an evidently disturbed filling was found at a depth of 4·3 m the remnants of a brick altar 1 m high; it has been previously truncated, perhaps by one of the many explorers of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Further down at a depth of 4·6 m from the bottom of the altar and of 11 m from the surface of the mound was found the top of an intact miniature \*stūpa\*, complete with a surmounting square umbrella. This \*stūpa\*, is 3·6 m in height and is polygonal on plan. An examination of its interior yielded nothing, but beside there lay a tiny copper vessel with a lid fastened to it by a wire. Inside the vessel was a long strip of thin birch-leaf manuscript, which having been squeezed into it was so fragile that it was impossible to spread it out thoroughly. The bits that could be extricated were sufficient to show that the manuscript was that of a Buddhist text (probably the \*Pratītyasamutpāda-sūtra\*, as the word \*nirodha\* could be read a few times) written in characters of the 4th century A.D. No excavation was undertaken at a further depth. - [Previous: v2.c38.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.169) - [Next: v2.c38.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.171) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pratītyasamutpādasūtra (Mahāyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.170) · Pramāṇa