Garh Doul

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|name = Garh Doul

|image = GorhDol Ruins.jpg

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|location = Sonitpur
Assam
India

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|construction_start_date = 7th and 8th century CE

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|structural_system = Bricks and Indigenous type of cement

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Garh Doul archaeological site is an important State Protected Monument in Assam, India, situated at Tarajan Kumargaon and about {{convert|7|km}} away from Tezpur, Sonitpur district.{{cite web | url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_assam.asp | title=Protected Monuments in Assam | publisher=Archaeological Survey of India | accessdate=5 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213102/http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_assam.asp | archive-date=29 October 2013 | url-status=dead }} The archaeological site is listed as an ASI monument under number S-AS-95. This is fortified in all direction reinforced rampart and covers an area of 250×250 m. The site has two brick mounds, which contains the foundation of brick temple plinths. The remains are datable to 7th and 8th century CE.

Legend

According to the legend constructed by the Brahmin pandits in the Kalika Purana, the fortress was built by the mythical king Banasura to keep his daughter Usha.

Present

The ruins in this place are still undiscovered and the Archaeological Survey Department of Assam is continuing their works and also constructed a park to make it a tourism site in Tezpur.

Entrance of Garhdoul (S-AS-95).jpg|Board leading to Garh Doul

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