An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.306

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**Malinithan**, Dt Siang, situated in the foothills, its name derived from the legend that here Pārvatī offered garlands to Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī when Kṛṣṇa addressed her as Mālini. The site was excavated from 1968 to 1973 by the writer as the Director of Research, Arunachal Pradesh. The finds consist of the ruins of stone temples and sculptures in relief and in the round belonging to different periods from *c.* 10th to 14th centuries. Chakravarty, L.N., 1974, *Malinithan*, Shillong.—L.N. CHAKRAVARTY.