[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.c42.247 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.247 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.247 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.247) Renewed excavation was undertaken at Kumrahar by the K.P. Jayaswal Res. Inst. from 1951 to 1955 (Altekar and Mishra, 1959). The pillared hall of Spooner has now been seen not to have extended farther w. Besides the 72 pillar spots located earlier, eight more spots belonging to the hall proper and four belonging to the entrance have been traced. No boundary walls or railings or any wooden floors of the hall have been brought to light; nor is there any other structure contemporaneous with the hall. The hall was destroyed by fire in the Śuṅga period and their shattered fragments are found all over the site disproving Spooner’s theory of their having descended deep into the earth. After the conflagration monasteries were constructed by Buddhists who occupied the site. The hall may not be a part of the palace of Aśoka seen by Fa-Hien as it had been destroyed long before his visit. A canal, 13 m wide and 3 m deep, probably to carry the pillars from the Ganga or the Son, has been traced to the s. of the hall. - [Previous: v2.c42.246](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.246) - [Next: v2.c42.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.248) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.247](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.247) · Pramāṇa