An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.671

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**Prahladpur** (25°26′; 83°27′), Dt Varanasi, on the right bank of the Ganga, about 12 km s.-e. of Dhanapur Police Station, with two blocks of mounds separated by a nullah and encompassing an area of 1400 × 400 m, the longer axis being along the river. This site has been known for a 9·15 m high sandstone monolithic pillar bearing an inscription of a chief Śiśupāla in Gupta Characters. The pillar was removed from the site in 1853 and re-erected in the old Queen’s College (now Sanskrit University), premises Varanasi. A small-scale excavation conducted by A.K. Narain and T.N. Roy on behalf of the Banaras Hindu Univ. in 1963 (*IAR 1962-3*, p. 41) brought to light a habitational deposit 6·20 m high with relics of a single culture divisible into three Sub-pds.