History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Naga–Vakataka Imperial Period c21.s1.5
History of India, c. 150 A.D. to 350 A.D.: Nāga–Vākāṭaka Imperial Period c21.s1.5
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c21.s1.5
(b) [Regarding the fifth stratum] ‘This second evacuation, which took place in the early Gupta epoch, seems to have been as precipitate as the first and to have resulted from some hostile attack on the city; for many missiles, such as catapult and sling balls, were found in the houses and lanes and most of the houses themselves were burnt, while in the house which I am describing, even the sacred images of the gods were abandoned to their fate.’²