An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s19.22

v1.c9.s19.22

*4.19.2 W. region.* No picture of the late historical cultures of Rajasthan, which are also known from other sources, cannot be clearly drawn for the limited evidence available to us mainly through the excavations at SAMBHAR, NAGAR¹ (personal notes of Krishna Deva, 1943-4), RANG MAHAL, NAGARI and MANDOR. However whatever outlines of the picture are available indicate that the cultural contents of the period were not dissimilar to those of the neighbouring regions and can be broadly grouped in the undernoted periods: (1) classical period (c. 4th to 7th centuries: (2) post-classical or protomedieval period (c. 8th and 9th centuries); and (3) early medieval period (c. 10th to 12th centuries).