An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.321

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On the spur of the hill stands the Main Stūpa of which only the solid platform with a few courses of its circular drum extant. The platform, 14·5 m sq at the base, is laid in mud mortar and was originally finished with plaster, patches of which are still visible here and there. The platform is of fine brickwork and is relieved with elegantly moulded projections and recesses on each side. The *stūpa* was built prior to the 9th century over the ruins of an earlier one which is ascribable to the Gupta period on the basis of an inscription of the Buddhist text *Pratītya-samutpāda-sūtra* in Gupta characters recovered from the earlier debris. At a later date the *stūpa* which had fallen into disrepair was extensively restored. Two circular walls were erected at two different levels over the accumulated debris on the platform. Simultaneously a shabby compound wall was erected to enclose a wide area around the restored *stūpa*.