West of the shrine, surrounded by an iron railing, are the stump and fragments of Ashoka's Pillar, which was once over 15 m (48 ft) high.
The remnants of Ashoka's Pillar can be found to the west of the shrine.
The revise phase may lead to another test phase, if information from the second round of data collection was insufficient to rule out alternatives, or if, during revision, new interpretations emerged.