[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.c44.119 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.119 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.119 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.119) Outside the n. gate is New Rājagṛha, believed to have been built by either Bimbisāra or Ajātaśatru, both contemporaries of Buddha. Here too there is a massive earthen wall, now largely missing, with a circuit of about 5 km, the s.-w. part of which is cut off to form a welldefined quadrilateral citadel enclosed by a stone-faced wall, 4·5 to 5·5 m thick and at places 3 m high. - [Previous: v2.c44.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.118) - [Next: v2.c44.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.120) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.119) · Pramāṇa