An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.1080

v2.c29.1080

Considering the datable evidence of pottery with rouletted design, occurrence of Roman denarii of Augustus (minted *c.* 2 B.C.-A.D. 11) and of Tiberius (minted *c.* A.D. 27-37) found along with pottery similar to that of Pd III of Brahmagiri at the neighbouring site of CHANDRAVALLI and the historical context immediately following the decline of the Mauryan power and the overlap of the cultures, Wheeler dated the three cultures respectively from the early 1st millennium to the beginning of the 2nd century B.C.; 2nd century B.C to the middle of the 1st century A.D.; and the middle of the 1st century to the 3rd century A.D. He also regarded the Aśokan edicts of Brahmagiri as having been addressed to the people of the last phase of Pd I. But a revision of the dates in the light of subsequent excavations in this region and elsewhere and the ¹⁴C determinations would suggest much earlier dates for the Neolithic and Megalithic cultures and the edicts as having been meant for the edification of the Megalithic people of Pd II.