An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.322

v2.c44.322

Around this *stūpa* are clusters of smaller *stūpas* of brick and stone of varying dimensions. Some of them have yielded charred bones and ohers terracotta plaques inscribed with the Buddhist creed [12.8] and *dhāraṇīs*. On the s.-w. side of the *stūpa* have been exposed hundreds of miniature monolithic *stūpas* lying in a haphazard condition. The state of preservation and different stages of execution of these *stūpas* seem to indicate the existence of a centre locally manufacturing them.