[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.c42.671 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.671 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.671 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.671](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.671) \*\*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. - [Previous: v2.c42.670](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.670) - [Next: v2.c42.672](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.672) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.671](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.671) · Pramāṇa