An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c29.260

v2.c29.260

To the w. of the mound was found the city-wall with successive stages of construction. Brick-built residential buildings with pavements, sometimes of bricks-on-edge and ring-wells with rope marks at the top and with a pavement all round having depressions for holding pitchers, were noteworthy. Some of the larger houses had massive walls and octagonal stone pillars to hold the roof. This was the most prosperous period of the life of the city.