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२२० : महावीर निर्वाणभूमि पावा : एक विमर्श
The remains to the south of Padarāunā 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. General Cunningham made an excavation on the highest part of the mound, and concludes that the mound must have been the site of a large Buddhist monastery, about 100 feet squre, with cells on each side for the accommodation of the monks. In the centre of the courtyard, whose entrance was seemingly on the eastern side, stood probably a relic stūpa, as wedge-shaped bricks and bricks with rounded edges af two sizes as well as the base of a grey sandstone pillar were unearthed during the excavation.
In a small roofless brick building at a short distance to the north of this mound there are a few old sculptures, The temple is dedicated to Hāthi Bhavāni, most probably to Pārvati as mother of Ganesa. The principal image, however, from which the temple derives its name, is not that of Hindu god. dess, but of some naked Jain Trithankara squatting under a triple umbrella.
परिशिष्ट सं०८
Gazetteer of Gorakhpur
Padrauna, Pargana Sidhura Jobpa, Tahsil Padrauna.
The place which gives its name to the eastern Tahsil of the district is a town formed by the aggregation of five separate villages. It stands in 26° 54 N, and 83° X 59 E, on the road from Captainganj to Bansighat and Bottiah, at a distance of twelve miles north north-east by road from Kasia and 40 miles from Gorakhpur. Other unmetalled roads lead from Padrauna to Naurangie and Siswa Bazar on the noth to Tlwari
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