Ashoka built a stupa there which was described by Xuan Zang when he visited in 630 AD, which is still not found.
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This site was first excavated in 1902 by Marshal and then by Mortimer Wheeler in 1958.
It has been argued that an ancient city named Pushkalwati, founded by Bharata's son Pushkal, from the Indian epic Ramayana, may have existed in this general area during early Indo-Iranian times before their invasion past the Indus into South Asia.