Ghorakatora

Ghorakatora is an archaeological potential site near Giriyak Police Station in the District Nalanda is situated between Biharsharif and Nawada on the National Highway No. 31, 300 mtrs west from Giriyak Police Station in Bihar, India.

The River Panchana flows west of the site and also connects with the motorable road leading to Tapovan, Jethian and Rajgirh. It is a massive mound measuring about 900 mtrs (north-south) x 500 mtrs (east-west) x 40 to 500 feet in height, first noticed by Buchanan. There was a tomb of Hussan-Hussain at the northern portion of the mound according to the local villagers. At the center of the mound was a small square fort with bastion at the four corners. The ceramic found is red ware, black slipped ware, N.B.P. and black and red ware potsherds. Some antiquities have also been collected such as terracotta beads, gamesman and fragment of Sunga plaque. It indicates that the site may start from chalcolithic culture leading to Northern Black Polished Ware culture, Sunga-Kushana up to the medieval period.