[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.c44.123 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.123 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.123 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.123) Further s., about 1 km away, there is a stone enclosure 60 m square, which is supposed to be the jail where Bimbisāra was kept imprisoned by his son Ajātaśatru and from where Bimbisāra could have a view of Buddha when the latter resided on the Gṛdhrakūṭa hill (below). Proceeding e. wards one comes to a site identified with the mango-grove donated by the physician Jīvaka to Buddha. During 1953-5 D.R. Patil of the ASI excavated here (\*IAR 1953-4\*, p. 9; \*1954-5\*, p. 16) and unearthed two large elliptical halls with subsidiary rooms within a compound wall, believed to represent Jīvaka's monastery. - [Previous: v2.c44.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.122) - [Next: v2.c44.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.124) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.123) · Pramāṇa