An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s7.26

v1.c9.s7.26

Through the Tapti estuary, where a minor Harappa settlement occurs at BHAGATRAV, the Harappa people moved inwards along the Tapti valley and founded settlements in Dt Dhule, some five of which have been identified, two of them with exclusively late Harappa material and the rest with that material mixed with the Jorwe [11.11] and Savalda Wares [11.12]; at one of the sites of the latter category was a sherd with two Indus characters. Further s., in the Godavari valley, at DAIMABAD on the Pravara, re-excavation has revealed late Harappa material overlying the Savalda material and followed successively by pottery of the buff-and-cream, Malwa [4.14.5] and Jorwe [4.14.6] cultures. The late Harappa here occupies a respectable area of 20 hectares, with mud walls, though mud bricks lining a grave have the Harappa ratio of 4:2:1. The paintings on the pots betray a degeneration. Daimabad perhaps marks the s. most settlement of the late Harappa culture (Sali, 1970, pp. 94-101; *IAR 1975-6*, p. 31).