An Arcaeological Study in Hazara Division, Pakistan

东京国家博物馆驻巴基斯坦考古团连续第三年在哈扎拉省Mansehra区Shinkiari村附近的Zaro Dheri Stupa和寺院遗址进行了发掘。在这个季节，调查团挖掘了佛塔的东南部和作为塔塔遗址主要入口的南面大楼梯周围的区域，通过对佛塔东南部的挖掘，确定了佛塔的局部平面图和基座的建筑设计。正方形基座宽25.4米，基座采用尿布砌块。基座的形状装饰着多孔性石灰岩的成型元素，称为Kanjur，与其他大婆罗塔有许多相似之处。原来基座的整个表面都抹上了灰泥，但现在灰泥几乎不见了，几乎没有留下什么痕迹。这座佛塔建在大约8…的方形平台的中心更多的是0平方米。上一季挖掘了三块刻有Kharoshti铭文的石板，暗示佛塔身体扩大；访问团挖掘了基座基础的东南部，以查看佛塔是否确实经历了扩大过程。通过本季节的挖掘，施工顺序已经明确，即在实际建造佛塔之前，先建造基础，然后平整平台。因此，就出土的地基部分而言，佛塔似乎没有任何扩大。甘达罗寺区域通常是用石板或瓷砖铺设的；到目前为止，扎罗代里发现的唯一部分人行道板是塔塔东侧楼梯周围的部分。南大楼梯宽9.8米，长10.5米，每一级高约40厘米。在楼梯和平台的交界处有两个方形的突出装饰部分，其宽度为13.9米宽(东西)。在少量出土的物品中，最值得注意的是3个片岩石托架，它们曾经装饰着楼梯的飞檐，出土于塔塔东侧楼梯附近。较少

The Tokyo National Museum Archaeological Mission to Pakistan has conducted the excavation at Zaro Dheri Stupa and Monastery Site, near Shinkiari Village, Mansehra District in the Hazara Division, for the third consecutive year. During this season, the Mission dug the southeastern part of the stupa and the area around the south grand stairs that served as the main entrance to the Stupa site.the partial floor plan of the stupa as well as the architectural design of the plinth has been ascertained through the excavation at the southeastern part of the stupa. The width of the square plinth measures 25.4 meters and the diaper masonry was used for the plinth. The shape of the plinth decorated with molding elements of porous limestone called kanjur has muchm in common with other Grandhara stupas. Originally the whole surface of the plinth has been plastered, but at present the plaster has almost gone and left few traces.This stupa has been built at the center of the square platform of about 8 … More 0 meters square. Three stone slabs with kharoshti inscriptions suggesting the enlargement of the stupa body have been dug during the last season ; the Mission excavated the southeastern part of the foundation of the plinth to see whether the stupa did actually undergo the process of enlargement. The sequence of construction has been made clear through the excavation of this season, i.e. the building of the foundation preceded the leveling of the platform before the actual construction of the stupa itself. Therefore as far as the excavated foundation part is concerned, the stupa does not seem to have undergone any enlargement.Gandhara temple precincts are usually paved with stone slabs or tiles ; the only part where a portion of pavement slabs has been found at Zaro Dheri is the area around the eastern stairs of the Stupa so far.The south grand stairs are 9.8 meters wide, 10.5 meters long and each step is about 40 cm high. At the junction between the stairs and the platform are two square protruded decorative parts, and its width is 13.9 meters wide (E-W).Of a small number of excavated objects, 3 schist stone brackets that used to adorn the cornice of the staircases and excavated near the eastern stairs of the Stupa, are the most noteworthy ones. Less