An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.242

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Apart from the early 19th-century work of Buchanan and Rennel, A. Cunningham and J.D. Beglar made several attempts to locate the sites of Pāṭaliputra as seen by Fa-Hien of the 5th and Hiun Tsang of the 7th century but without much success (*ASI—AR*, 8, 11 and 15). It was even concluded that Pāṭaliputra had been washed away by the river. During 1892 to 1899 L.A. Waddell carried out excavations at several places in Patna (Waddell, 1892, 1903) and brought to light remains of wooden beams arranged in a double row and wooden drains. A colossal capital in the Hellenistic style was also discovered. In 1897-8 P.C. Mukherji came across a ditch extending e.-w. to 76 m and found punch-marked coins [3.1], coins of Candragupta II and fragments of polished pillars (Mukherji, 1898).