[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.c28.84 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.84 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.84 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.84) \*Pd II\*, early historical. The occupants of this Pd settled directly on the debris of the previous Pd as is amply attested to by the numerous pits which disturb the horizon of Ic. Hence a good deal of early historical material has been found in the layers of the earlier Pd. Sahi, 1979, has shown that iron has been found in Pd Ic, though the excavator says that it occurs only in Pd II. Pd II is also divisible into three phases on the basis of the ceramic assemblage. The pottery of IIa shows affinities with the Rang Mahal ware \[11.24\] and comprises: red wares with a preponderance of red wash; red wares painted in black bands over a murky-red wash; and a coarse black-grey ware and grey ware with mica coating. The pottery of IIb is made up almost entirely of a red ware with or without a wash. There are only three sherds of the micaceous grey ware and one of dull-black painted in red bands. The ceramics of IIc consist of the ware with red wash, ware with red slip and mica coating, blotchy black-and-grey ware and red ware painted in black over red slip. - [Previous: v2.c28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.83) - [Next: v2.c28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.85) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.84) · Pramāṇa