In a paper read before the Asiatic Society in 1835 Sergeant E. Dean delivered the inglorious epitaph to an extraordinary tenth-century Indian temple which he, along with Dr. G.E. Rankin, had discovered previous year. This site is known as Harshagiri, near the village of Harasnath about 7 miles south of Sikar town. U.P. Shah in his article - "Some medieval Sculpture from Gujarat and Rajasthan" writes of the temple of Harshanatha, which was built in 956 AD and then of sculpture from Harshagiri datable in c. 961–973 AD and finally of the Purana Mahadeva Temple at Harshagiri (c. 961–973 AD).