[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c28.261 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.261 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.261 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.261) The latest excavation of a mound at the site to the e. and n. of the \*stūpa\* by the writer in 1974-5 has provided a fairly reliable chronological framework of the early historical phase of the site. Of the five main Pds, Pd I can be subdivided into two phases, A and B, respectively of the 4th and 3rd centuries. Pd I A is characterized by pits dug into the natural reddish murram. Huts on posts appear to have existed near the pits, which yielded profuse quantities of the Black-and-red Ware \[11.15.2\] and NBPW \[11.16\] on a layer of compact dark-brown earth representing an occupational deposit. A flattish dish fragment in the Black-and-red Ware has a label \*thusapāta\* inscribed in early Brāhmī characters. Pd I B also yielded fair quantities of the NBPW of all shades—golden, silvery, steel-bluish and black—with the Black-and-red Ware and iron objects. ¹⁴C dates of a similar assemblage at DHARANIKOTA range from 475±100 to 205±100 B.C. A partial railing of granite uprights with Mauryan polish and limestone cross-bars and copings bespeak the beginnings of a \*stūpa\*, probably in the reign of Aśoka, though its exact nature cannot be made out. - [Previous: v2.c28.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.260) - [Next: v2.c28.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.262) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.261) · Pramāṇa