An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.324

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(20°48′; 79°39′), Dt Bhandara, on the Wainganga at a distance of 82 km s.-e. of Nagpur on Nagpur-Bhandara road. It was noticed as an ancient site by Cousens in 1897 (Cousens, 1897). Subsequently J. Marshall and H. Hargreaves noted the picturesque fort wall and moat at the site (*ASI—AR 1926-7*, p. 240; *1927-8*, p. 31), bespeaking its medieval occupation. In 1936 G.C. Chandra in his unpublished official communication reported on the different mounds at three localities of Pauni—Hardolala Tekdi, Jagannath Tekdi and Ghoda Ghat and the possibility of there having been *stūpas* here, following the discovery of large stone pieces, Brāhmī inscriptions of *c.* 2nd century A.D., small images and a stone relic with bone pieces, now of unknown whereabouts. Later on two important antiquities came to light: a *chāyā-stambha* [12.7] with the inscription of the Kṣatrapa Rupiamma and a copper-plate grant of Pravarasena II of the Vākāṭaka dynasty. The latest remains are the fort wall and moat mentioned above.