An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.258

v2.c29.258

In Stratum III, dated to the Gupta times, there were some damaged walls of structures too small to be residential and perhaps used for storage. One house (4·8 × 2·9 m) to the n. of a 43·2 m long wall may have been a residential building. The roofing material is indicated by a large number of tiles [14.6.4] with a pair of holes in each. In one of the trenches the plan of three long walls (19 m e.-w., 17·5 m n.-s. and 18·3 m e.-w., each 4 cm thick, enclosing an extensive area was encountered. There were traces of lime-and-*surkhi* floor. An interesting structure was an almost circular basket-shaped *kuṇḍa*, 1·3 to 1·6 m in diameter, gradually narrowing down to a hollow rectangle. Pottery finials, a peculiar round-bottomed pottery vase, red and buff sherds decorated with a conventional lotus alternating with conch-shell and flower were some of the finds. A large number of pots like the vase, spouted jug, cooking pot, saucer, spouted cup, lid with stamped and impressed designs and a narrow hollow object, probably a musical instrument, terracotta human and animal figurines, copper and ivory sticks [18.1], iron implements, stone beads, etc., constituted the other interesting finds.