Kesariya

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kesariya

Village in the head-quarters subdivision of Champaran District, Bengal, situated in 26 degree 21' N. and 84° 53' E. Population (1901), 4,466. Kesariya contains a lofty brick mound, 1,400 feet in circumference, supporting a solid tower or stupa of the same material, 62 feet high and 68 feet in diameter, which was supposed by General Cunningham to have been erected to commemorate one of the acts of Buddha. The brick tower is said to date from a.d. 200-700; but the mound is of an earlier period, being associated with the name of Raja Ben Chakrabartti, a traditional emperor of India.