Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India. Part I 1914-15

In the Punjab further special works have been carried out at Jahangir's Tomb at Shandara which include the extensive repair inside and outside of the enclosure wall of the tomb the restoration of the baradari on the north side which has been treated on lines similar to those pursued in the case of its counterpart on the south the relaying of the floor and the fltting of terra-cotta jalis t [...] At the same place too a number of graves in the immediate vicinity of the tomb of Ali Tajir which were subsiding and imperilling the safety of the main structure have now been filled in and the tomb of the four diwans the west end of the town wall of Hissar and the Gujari Mahal have undergone repair. [...] The conservation measures recommended included the clearance of jungle the removal of rubbish resulting from the collapse of the domes the filling of cracks and holes the securing of all hanging bits of masonry and the rendering water-tight of all existing domes as well as the broken tops of walls where the domes had fallen. [...] A s a fact the restoration has been very limited ; for beneath the heaps of debris the body of the stupa up to a height of some six feet above the terrace was still intact and reconstruction therefore involved nothing more than the rebuilding of the summit of the dome and the replacing and completion of the fragmentary balustrades and crowning umbrella which were found lying at the foot of the [...] In all five pits were sunk one in the south-west angle of the couryard itself one in the S. W. angle of the surrounding verandah; one in the norteast corner of the courtyard ; one in the verandah N. E. of this and another in the verandah on the east side of the square.