An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s6.28

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From the 2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D. tiles are found abundantly used in c. and w. India and the Deccan. Most of the sites are of the Sātavāhana period. The tiles of BRAHMAPURI measure 25 × 13 × 2 cm and have bevelled edges on two sides with three grooves at one end and two holes at the opposite end. They were found along with charred wooden pieces and a number of nails. The ones from BAIRAT measure 35 × 22 × 7 cm. KAUNDINAPURA has yielded two types: one is rectangular and measures 17 to 25 × 15 to 17 cm and the other is larger, up to 20 cm in breadth. They have shallow upper grooves leaving the surface flat; a narrow U-shaped or crescentic depression near the holes is a feature absent in the first type. The tiles from KARAD measure 28 × 17 cm. Similar tiles also occur at BAHAL, BHOKARDAN, ERAN, MAHESHWAR, NAGARI, NASIK, PAITHAN, PAUNAR, PEDDABANKUR, PRAKASH, RAIRH, TER, TRIPURĪ, UJJAIN and so on. The NEVASA tiles range in measurement from 13 to 43 × 10 to 14 cm, with two to five grooves. At BESNAGAR *ASI-AR*, *1913-14*, pp, 204-5; *1914-5*, p. 4) they measure 36 × 22 cm; a few of them are decorated with foliage designs, ripples and scrolls.