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… limits at these points but the building has not been excavated up to these street limits at all points, and appears to extend westwards. The present elongated form of the building may therefore be modified when the excavations are extended towards these directions. The central feature of the compound is a large building , which I called the Main Building. It consists of a large rectangular unit ( Pl. X, 1 ; XI, 1 ) 16 m. length (north-south) and 4.50 m. in width (eastwest), the roof of which was supported with the help of two massive rectangular pillars. While the southern pillar was free-standing the northern may have been flanked by doors on either side, forming part of a wall which divided the central unit into two sections, northern ( XIV) and southern (XIII). On the east, this central unit is flanked by a narrower wing 2.75 m. in width, the south end of which reaches as far as the line of the southernmost pillar of the central room. This wing comprises three rooms (XXIX, XV and XXVII) and a south part reserved for a well and an area paved with large slabs. There is a similar wing on the west … continues
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