In the late 19th century, the foundations of an old stone and brick enclosure wall in the eastern

part of this town were dug up in order to find out stones to be broken into road-metal. Numerous
carved and chiseled stones were broken into fragments to provide road metal. Some were
preserved, not by the authorities, but by individuals taking interest in relics of antiquities. Since
the establishment of the Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti, some of these scattered relics have
been collected and placed in the small museum of the Society. These collections include some
sculptured images of deities, chiselled octagonal or hexagonal stone pillars, carved stone
pedestals of pillars and finely carved panels containing figures of elephant-heads en face, lionheads and human heads, used to decorate the outer side of the stone plinths of palaces or
temples. The elephant-head en face is a peculiarity of Pragjyotisha as the kings invariably used
the same emblem in the metal seals of their copper-plates. The rock-cut images of Vishnu and
Ganesa found in or near Guwahati similarly go back to an early age. The shrine of Pandu
contains five rock-cut figures four of which represent Ganesa and one represents a female deity,
probably Durga. Two more figures cut in the open rock below, facing the Brahmaputra river,
represent, according to Mr. Dikshit, the sun-god and Indra respectively.[9] Numerous cuttings on
rock are to be seen also on the western slope of the Kamakhya hill. These include miniatures of
temples of the sikhara type with small lingas enshrined in them and also rock cut niches
containing lingas and figures or Ganesa. On the west side of the Kamakhya temple is a modern
temple, known as Ghantakarna, into the basement of which stone fragments of older temples
have been built. One of these fragments, as described by Mr. Dikshit,

is a beautifully carved frieze in which the band represents a series

This is also undoubtedly an ancient piece of sculptured art.