[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.c29.257 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.257 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.257 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.257) The limited excavation of the next upper Stratum IV, exposed a wall, 4·7 m long, and a cess-pit, 1·7 m sq, without any outlet. There were other walls too and a 30 cm wide drain for the discharge of refuse water into a large pottery jar. Grey ware, red-slipped ware and, limitedly, polished black ware occurred in various shapes such as the vase, squat wide-mouthed vessel, dish with splayed-out and curved rim, cup and saucer. There were crucibles \[16.4\], silver and copper punch-marked and uninscribed cast coins, terracotta plaques with female figurines, terracotta sealings with early Brāhmī legends and beads of various materials, some of them spherical with white bands of net design. Everything points to the 2nd-1st century B.C. as the date of the stratum. - [Previous: v2.c29.256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.256) - [Next: v2.c29.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.258) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.257) · Pramāṇa