[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.c48.64 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.64 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.64 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.64) Controlled excavation was undertaken here in 1950 by the Vaisali Sangha under the direction of Krishna Deva assisted by Misra (Krishna and Mishra, 1961) and between 1958 and 1962 by A.S. Altekar on behalf of the K.P. Jayaswal Res. Inst. (Sinha and Roy, 1969). The excavations included the areas of Kharauna Pokhar, Raja-Bisal-ka-Garh, Chakramdas, Lalpura, Kolhua and Virpur. Kharauna Pokhar has been identified with the ancient Abhiseka-puṣkariṇī with whose waters all the \*rājās\* of the republic were consecrated. It had a surrounding wall with concrete platforms, with as many as six occupational levels. It has been suggested that in Pd III (150 B.C. to A.D. 100) there were rooms for guards with places for quivers in specially made holes. - [Previous: v2.c48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.63) - [Next: v2.c48.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.65) - [Up: v2.c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.64) · Pramāṇa