An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.120

v2.c44.120

From the early days of archaeological investigations in India numerous were the explorations at Rajgir, but primarily to identify the ruins of places associated with Buddha. These explorations led to the spotting of the ruins of many a Buddhist religious edifice and place connected with him, chiefly based on the accounts left by the Chinese pilgrims. The work started with A. Cunningham and his assistants (*ASI—AR*, 1, 3 and 8), followed later by J. Marshall (*ASI—AR 1905-6*) and V.H. Jackson (*ibid.*, *1913-4*). It cannot be said that all the identifications proposed by them have been altogether convincing and fresh identifications have now and then been proposed by others (Sen, 1918, 1924; Majumdar, 1949; Law, 1938).