XC Archeological Survey Report. 
XXIJ.—Haruiya-pDan. 
216. Twelve miles to the east of Deogaon, and nearly midway 
between Azimgarh and Benares, there is an old dry tank, called 
Hathiya-dah, or the “ Elephants’ Tank,” with an ‘inscribed pillar - 
standing in the middle of it. The pillar itself is called Hathiya-dah- 
ka-ldt. The name is derived from a large stone elephant, 5 feet 6 
inches in length and 4 feet 10 inches in height, which stands to the 
north-west of the pillar, at a distance of 138 feet. Both the pillar 
and the elephant are formed of a coarse grey sandstone, and they 
have accordingly suffered from exposure to the weather and are now 
much worn. The shaft of the pillar is a single block, 12 feet 9 inches 
in height and 1 foot 54 inches in diameter, both at base and top. 
Originally it must have been several feet higher, but the bed of the 
tank has gradually silted up, and in the month of March bore a fine 
crop of wheat. The capital is a flat circular slab, slightly rounded on 
the upper edge, and quite plain. In fact the pillar is a mere cylindrical 
block intended apparently for the sole purpose of exhibiting the 
inscription. 'To the west of the pillar there is a low mound of brick 
ruins, 170 feet in length from north to south, and 25 feet broad. It 
is called Siwari-ka-Tila, or “ Siwari’s Mound ;” but the people have 
no tradition about it, and do not know what is the meaning of the 
name. Most probably it has some reference to a temple of Siva, 
which may have stood there in former days. The villages nearest to 
the pillar are Singhpura to the north, Nowa Rasiya to the east, Pakari 
to the south-east, Debhao to the south-west. 
217. The pillar is said by the people to have been set up by Raja 
Gajpat Singh in Samvat 207, or A. D. 150; but both name and date 
are wrong. Gajapati, or “Lord of Elephants,” is only one of the 
titles of the king in whose reign the pillar was erected, and the date 
is Samvat 1207, or A. D. 1150. This inscription occupies 10 lines 
but as the letters are large and coarsely cut, it is not a long one. It 
records the excavation of the tank by several Thdkurs, of whom the 
chief is Bellan Thakur, the treasurer (Bhandagarika) of Gosalla Devi, 
the Queen (Mahara) of Raja Govinda Chandra Deva, the Lord of 
Horses, Lord of Elephants, and Lord of Men, on Thursday the 5th 
of the waning moon of Ashdrh, in Samvat 1207. The record is not 
of much value, but it is of later date by 25 years than any inscription 
hitherto found of the Rahtor Prince Govinda Chandra Deva of Kanouj, 
