An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.t3.12

v1.c9.s18.t3.12

The next early historical culture is associated with the well-known NBPW, reported from several sites in c. India, the better known of them being UJJAIN, TRIPURĪ, BESNAGAR, MAHESHWAR and ERAN. It appears that there was a great development in the material culture in the period associated with the NBPW. For instance, Pd II of UJJAIN has structures of fired as well as unfired brick, with floors made of a bed of rubble and brick jelly coated with smooth plaster of clay. In some structures the use of lime brick with a glazed surface is also evidenced. The kitchen equipment comprises stone pestles and mortars [6.19]. This Pd also witnessed the repairs to the breached rampart by means of a brick revetment and the laying out of well-made roads of rubble of assorted size with a clay soling; ring-wells [14.15] for sanitary purpose and a brick-built reservoir measuring about 10×8 m were built, thus showing a marked improvement in the life of the settlement. However the most significant feature of this Pd has been evidenced at BESNAGAR where remains of a temple with a circumambulatory passage and timber superstructure have been exposed.