An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.484

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**Atranjikhera** (27°42′; 78°44′), Dt Etah, on the right bank of the Kali Nadi, a tributary of the Ganga, probably visited by Buddha when it was known as Vairañja (this is doubtful as Vairanja of the Pāli literature seems to have been located much farther e., Law, 1932, p. 4) and by Hiuen Tsang who calls it Pi-lo-san-na (Beal, p. 201). [To the Jainas it was known as Antarañji, Jain, 1947, p. 267.] It was a *pargana* headquarters of the Kanauj *sarkar* in Akbar’s time. The site was excavated by the author on behalf of the Aligarh Muslim Univ. during 1962-3 and subsequent years (*IAR 1962-3*, p. 34; *1963-4*, p. 47). The site reveals a unique continuity of occupation beginning with the early part of the 2nd millennium B.C. down to medieval times, the Pds diagnostically represented by the OCW [4.12], black-and-red ware [11.63], PGW [11.14], NBPW [11.16], red ware of the Kushan and post-Kushan times and medieval glazed ware. While the OCW and PGW periods were known from excavations elsewhere, a distinct intervening black-and-red ware period has come to light here [as at NOH].