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परिशिष्ट-३ : २११ परिशिष्ट सं०३ Archaeological Survey of India Report
1861-62
-A. Cunningham p. 74
The large village of Padaraona, or Padarvaana, is situated 12 miles to the west of the River Gandak, 27 miles in a direct line to the north north-west of Navandgarh Lauriya, and 40 miles to the north north-east of Gorakhpur. I believe that it is the ancient Pāwā, as it is situated just 12 miles from Kasia, which agrees with the position assigned to Pāwā in the Pali Annals with respect to Kusinagara. The very name of Pāwā also seems to be only a corruption of Padara-vana or Padar-ban, which might easily be shortened to Parban, Pārwan and Pāwā.
The remains at Padaraona consist of a large mound covered with broken brick and a few statues. The mound is 220 feet in length from west to east, 120 feet in breadth from north to south, and 14 feet in height at the western end above the fields. The long trench mentioned by Buchanan still exists on the west side, and looks as if a wall had been dug out for the sake of the bricks. About eight years ago a large hole was excavated to the cast of the trench by a zemindar for the sake of bricks. Two houses were built of the materials then obtained, but sufficient trace of the walls still remains to show that they were in straight lines, one of them being parallel to Buchapan's trench. From this I infer that there was a court-yard about 100 feet square, with cells on each side for the accommodation of monks. In the centre there was probably either a stupa or or a temple. But if I am right in my identification of Padaraona with Pāwā,
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