[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.c24.s3.24 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c24.s3.24 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c24.s3.24 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c24.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3.24) A bone handle piece with a decoration of grooves on bands in relief has been found in the excavations at MAHESHWAR and NAVDATOLI and is datable to \*c.\* 400 to 100 B.C. It is 9·9 cm long and has a diameter of 2·8 cm and 1·8 cm. It might have served as a handle for a miniature dagger which had a round and tapering tang. A single specimen of what appears to be a dagger pendant has been found in Pd VI of NAVDATOLI. The find shows only the hilt portion of a dagger, blade not extant, and is decorated with incised irregular squares. It is 2·7 cm long and ·6 cm thick. A number of dagger-pendants of ivory and bone, all Mauryan in date, have been found at other sites (Dwivedi, 1973). - [Previous: v1.c24.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3.23) - [Next: v1.c24.s3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3.25) - [Up: v1.c24.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Navdatoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.navdatoli) - [Maheswar](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.maheswar) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c24.s3.24) · Pramāṇa