[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c19.s1.37 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.37 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.37 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.37) (ix) Maharashtra. S. of the Tapti, the Maharashtra plateau is a land of flat-topped hills intergraded with rolling plains drained by the upper reaches of the Godavari and its tributaries. The evidence of the Chalcolithic in this region \[4.14.6\] is made clear at sites like NEVASA, NASIK, JORWE, DAIMABAD, CHANDOLI, SONGAON and INAMGAON. The major excavated Megalithic settlements \[4.17.6\] are JUNAPANI, MAHURJHARI and KHAPA in Vidarbha or Berar where the evidence of early historical occupation is typified at the Buddhist \*stūpa\* site of PAUNI. The trade routes of Maharashtra were quite significant in the late centuries B.C., and early centuries A.D., and the Buddhist remains along these routes suggest a considerable expansion of settlements in Maharashtra in this period. In the Tapti valley two important excavated settlements are BAHAL and PRAKASH. - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.36) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.38) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.37) · Pramāṇa