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|name = Garh Doul <br />
|image = GorhDol Ruins.jpg<br />
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|map_type = India Assam<br />
|coordinates = {{coords|26|38|46|N|92|45|19|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
|location = [[Sonitpur District|Sonitpur]]<br />[[Assam]]<br />[[India]]<br />
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|construction_start_date = 7th and 8th century CE<br />
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|structural_system = Bricks and Indigenous type of cement<br />
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'''Garh Doul''' archaeological site is an important [[List of State Protected Monuments in Assam|State Protected Monument]] in [[Assam]], [[India]], situated at Tarajan Kumargaon and about {{convert|7|km}} away from [[Tezpur]], [[Sonitpur]] district.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> The archaeological site is listed as an [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI monument]] under number S-AS-95. This is fortified in all direction reinforced rampart and covers an area of 250×250&nbsp;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.<br />
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==Legend==<br />
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 [[Uṣā|Usha]].<br />
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==Present==<br />
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.<br />
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Entrance of Garhdoul (S-AS-95).jpg|Board leading to Garh Doul<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Forts in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Palaces in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Sonitpur district]]<br />
[[Category:8th-century establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 8th century]]<br />
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