An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.209

v2.c28.209

The chronology of the different Pds of Alamgirpur is a matter of opinion. Pd I may be later than the upper levels of ROPAR I C, since quite a few of the Harappa characteristics have by now disappeared, although it is possible that the absence of these characteristics is due to the fact that Alamgirpur was a village while ROPAR was a town. Pd II also denotes a late phase of the PGW, since several of the objects of this Pd are normally found in the NBPW levels. Among these may be mentioned the bowl with folded rim, reel-shaped discs, bone pendant and an unidentified semicircular grey-ware object. The clay sealing of the 3rd-2nd century B.C. gives the date of Pd III. Pd IV may be dated to the 17th or early 18th century as the site may have possibly acquired its name from Aurangzeb who had the surname of 'Alamgir.