[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.c28.76 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.76 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.76 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.76) \*\*Ahar²\*\*, Ahad (27°42′; 75°38′), Dt Udaipur, about 3 km e. of Udaipur on the river Ahar, a tributary of the Banas. Though archaeologically it is a rich site, its Sanskrit name Āghāṭapura first finds mention in epigraphical records only in the 10th-11th centuries A.D. The site thus seems to have been abandoned during the early centuries of the Christian era and reoccupied later after a considerable lapse of time. The mound which originally lay on a bend of the river Ahar is now cut into two. It was discovered and probed by R.C. Agrawala on behalf of the Rajasthan Dept of Arch. (\*IAR 1954-5\*, p. 14). This led to a joint excavation of the site in 1961-2 by the same Dept and the Deccan College under H.D. Sankalia. The occupation at Ahar has been divided into two Pds, Pd I Chalcolithic \[4.14.1\] in nature and Pd II marked by the introduction of iron and the NBPW \[11.16\]. Though chronologically there is a gap between the two it is not attested to stratigraphically and no weathered layer separates them. - [Previous: v2.c28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.75) - [Next: v2.c28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.77) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.76) · Pramāṇa