An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.522

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Vadamadurai, 26; stratigraphic studies at, 208; tool-bearing gravels at, 204; tools from, 22 Vadagaon-Madhavpur, apsidal religious structures at, 150; brick-built drains at, 150; brick fortifications at, 150; brick-lined well at, 305; brick paved floor at, 150; cisterns at, 150 fortified town at, 149 Vadnagar, 138; brick temples, *stūpas*, etc. at, 155; spouted jars from, 188; sprinklers from, 189; terracotta flat tablet from, 190, weights from, 190 Vadodara, 155, coins at, 171 Vagai and Maratta basin (Dt Madurai), 31 Vagbhata, 243 Vaidyapur, *Oryza* (rice) at, 6 Vairamega-*taḍāka* (Chitramerur), 303 Vaiśālī, 131, 156, 290; adzes from, 177; animal figurines of, 338; antimony rods at, 342; arrowheads at, 352; bath-rooms at, 294; beads from, 216; black-and-red ware at, 235; Black-slipped Ware at, 240; brick at, 235; Black-slipped Ware at, 240; brick structures at, 142, 155; Buddha's relics at, 140, 271; caskets and bangles at, 331; clay censers with handles at, 261; clay figurines at, 341; clay sealings from, 142; coins at, 171; copper kohl sticks at, 342; copper mirror from, 347; dabbers from, 329; female figurines at, 141; fort area at, 155; gold ear ornaments from, 223; gold foil beads from, 326; human figurines from, 340, 341; ivory mirror handles from, 348; knife at, 181, 356; lid from, 254, 359; moats at, 298; monastic establishment at, 299; mother goddess in stone disc at, 268; mud fortification at, 140; NBPW at, 140, 254; ornate disc from, 264; ornate ring at, 305;

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ovens of, 184; PGW at, 241; pots from, 343; sealings at, 15; settlement at, 290; vessels from, 188, 189; wells at, 305; winged male figures at, 340 Vaiṣṇavism, 160, 163 Vaitarna, middle gravels of, 215 Vajrayāna, 300 Vala, 138 Valabhi, Jaina centre at, 301; settlement at, 300 Valabhipura, old pattern of towns and villages at, 155 *Valpes* of. *bengalensis* (Bengal fox), 314 van Lohuizen de leeuw, 351 Vanagiri, evidence of sluice at, 320; water reservoir at, 303 Vanaiji, 367 Vanavasi, 300 Vanvagri, nomadic groups at, 198 Varandarapalli, multiple dolmens at, 130 *Varanus grisius* Daud (monitor lizard), 314 Vārendra, 157 Variyaka, tank at, 303 *varṇa-mālā*, 366 Varnanaga (Malwa), 367 Vasaha-Hardaun, Chalcolithic megaliths at, 244; Megalithic pottery at, 243 Vasantgarh, Jaina centre at, 301 *Vāsavadattā*, 360 Vasavasamudram, early historical culture at, 150; handled amphorae at, 258 *Vāstu* texts, 263 Vats, M.S., 79, 86, 303, 345 Vaṭṭeluttu, 367, 368 Veddoid, 316, 317, 318 Vedic Age, later, 75 Vedullachervu, implements from, 31; Velikondas, Upper Palaeolithic sites in, 286 Vemula (Dt Cuddapah), tools from, 37 Venetian, beads, 219; glass, 220 Vengi, fortifications at, 163 Venukonda, dolmenoid cist at, 123 Veppur, trap dykes in, 68 Veraval, 138, 139 vertebrate fossils, 307, 308, 309 Vesiculated Ware, 109, 145, 257 *Viburnum stellulatum* Wall Vell.

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aff., fossil leaf impression of, 206 *Vicia sativa*, 8 *Vicia* Sp., 8 *Vicia tetrasperma*, 8 Victoria West technique, 23, 25, 331-32 Vidarbha, fabrication of glass beads in, 216 Vidiśā, *dhvaja-stambhas* at, 252; historical data from, 283; Neolithic remains at, 54 Vijayapurī, fortifications of, 162 Vijayawada, 163 Vikraman (Dt Thanjavur), copper coins at, 196 Vikramaśīlā, 294; *mahā-vihāras* at, 300; monastery at, 156 Vikramkhol rock art sites in, 279 Ville franchian, appearance of fauna (*Equus*, *Bos* and *Elephas*) at, 205 *Vinaya-piṭaka*, 219, 361 Vindhyan hills, rock-shelters in, 22, 39 Vindhyan ranges, rock-shelters of, 35 Vindhyan region, 53; culture in, 17; megaliths in, 18; Megalithic pottery in, 243-46; Mesolithic settlement in, 39; Neolithic pottery in, 225 Vindhyan Kaimur ranges, 53 Virabhadra, 152 Viraboyinukunta, dolmenoid cist at, 123 Visadi, blade and burin industry at, 32, 33; tool-bearing deposits in, 35 Vishnu-Mittre, 209, 288 Viṣṇu, 155 Viṣṇukuṇḍin coins, 161 *Viverra Karnuliensis*, 311 *Viverricula indica*, 311 Volchok, 362 von Seentzen, 366 votive shrine, 153; *stūpas*, 160, 172, 260; tablet, 153, 263; tanks, 136, 138, 145, 171, 269, 277-78; terracotta, 154 *Vulpes bengalensis* (Fox), 1, 4, 282