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Kо̄kanâya

The town is said to have been completely walled
about by a continuous line of house walls,
four gates are said to have opened to the four
points of the compass. One of these is preserved
at the north side where the road led up
between two large buildings and under
an arch between them. Just outside the
arch a courtyard opens upon the street
by a doorway bearing a GK. insc. date ^ January 29, 378 A.D. ^
(W.K.P. insc. 38).

Tombs. Two varieties of tombs are found on the
outskirts of the town, the one built above
ground, the other excavated. Of the former
there are several in ruins and one well
preserved, which gives the key to the form
of the others. This consists of a hollow
pyramid of stone 12ft. square raised upon
8 rectangular ^ 7ft. high ^ supports and a plain architrave.
The caps of the piers are oblong blocks cut to
form an angle with the upper and lower members. diagram

At the S.W. angle is an insc. in GK. date September 22, 384 A.D.
(W.K.P. insc. 36).