[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.c45.115 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.115 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.115 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.115) \*\*Sambhar\*\*, Dt Jaipur, with an extensive mound on the bank of a dried-up lake, 7 km from the well-known Salt Lake, representing ancient \*\*Śākambharī\*\*, the capital of the Imperial Cāhamānas of the late historical period. A number of black stone sculptures of Brāhmaṇical deities have been found in the neighbourhood from time to time. The mound, 600 m from n. to s. and with an average width of about 550 m, was first excavated by Hendley in 1884 and then by Sahni in 1936-8. As excavated the mound yielded 45 separate small dwellings at six distinct levels ranging in date from the 3rd-2nd century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. - [Previous: v2.c45.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.114) - [Next: v2.c45.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.116) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.115) · Pramāṇa