An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.189

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**Alagarai,** Dt Tiruchchirappalli. Pd I has painted and plain sherds of the Black-and-red Ware [11.15.3] and Russet-coated Painted Ware [11.22], besides large pyriform urns with human skeletal remains and other grave furniture. To the s. of this urn-field is a couple of Megalithic circles without cairn filling. There are shell bangles, beads of shell and glass, terracotta beads and ear ornaments. Pd II shows a decrease in the quantity of the Russet-coated Painted Ware and an increase of red ware with medium and coarse fabric. A crude variety of the Black-and-red Ware, one of them inscribed. persists. Pd III has both slipped and unslipped red ware and a Vijayanagara copper coin indicative of its date. Champakalakshmi, R., 1975-6, in *Purātattva,* 8 p 113