পরিশিষ্ট (খ) ভারতভায়নার স্তুপ সম্বন্ধে আর্কিওলজিক্যাল বিভাগীয় স্বপারিস্টেণ্ডেণ্ট ঐযুক্ত কাশীনাথ দীক্ষিত এম, এ মহোদয় যে রিপোর্ট দিয়াছেন, তাহ নিয়ে, দিতেছি । “The stupa mound at Bharat. Bhayna —This ment is situated on the southern bank of the old bed of the 13hadra river in the water-logged tract of land to the west of Khulna, at a distance of about 13 miles from Daulatpur on the Satkhira-Daulatpur Road. It still stands to a height of about 40 to 45° above the level of the surrounding lands, though the local people say that before the earthquake of 1897, it was still higher. It is fairly circular in shape, its circumference at the base being about 800 to 900 feet. It is full of bricks of large size, many of which have been removed by the inhabitants of neighbouring villages. A modern temple close to the mound is reported to be built almost wholly with the materials vandalized from the mound. Some of the bricks here measure 16'x13'x3', which bespeaks a high antiquity for the stupa. Comparing with this the dimensions of bricks of known periods found in the excavations at Saheth-Maheth, it can be safely surmised that the stupa at Bharat Bhayna dates back at least from the Gupta period, roughly the fifth century A.D. It is probable that this was one of the 30 Sanghārāmas men. tioned by Hieun Tsang as existing in his time in the Samatata country in which, modern Khulna must have been comprised at the time. Steps are being taken to bring the mound within the provisions of the Ancient 'Monuments Preservation Act.”
