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Jaulian (part 2)



Jaulian, perching 300 feet above surrounding field, represent a
Buddhist Stupa and Vihara of late kushana era. Mr. Natesa Aiyar
excavated site in 1916-17 under the direction of Sir John marshall.
The main Stupa, provided with a tell square plinth and offset
projection for the stupa plinth, divided in bays with pilasters,
adorned with colossal seated figures of the Buddha in meditarion.
On the eastern side a Buddha image, inscribed in kharoshth with the
name of monk donor, Budhamitra Dharmanadin. Around the main Stupa in
the upper court, twenty-one square votove stupas are constructed.