[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.c29.258 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.258 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.258 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v2.c29.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.257) - [Next: v2.c29.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.259) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c29.258) · Pramāṇa