An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.125

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The Asutosh Museum of the Univ. of Calcutta, under K.G. Goswami and later on under C.R. Roychaudhuri, with the general guidance of D.P. Ghosh, conducted excavation here from 1956-7 to 1967-8. The excavation has revealed a continuous sequence from pre-Maurya to Pāla times, divided into six Pds. Pd I, pre-Mauryan, has a red-slipped ware and ivory beads; the discovery of the PGW [11.14] has been claimed (but this is very doubtful). Pd II, Maurya-Śuṅga, has the NBPW [11.16], Black-slipped Ware [11.13] and polished and unpolished grey wares. Perhaps belonging to this Pd is a pottery drain in the *garh* mound, associated with a number of black-ware cups having a circular flat base and open mouth with an incurved rim and small spout near the shoulder. The Pd has also yielded beads of semiprecious stones, copper antimony rods [18.1], terracotta figurines and copper punch-marked coins. Pd III, probably late Śuṅga, has stamped red ware, some inscribed with Brāhmī letters, Śuṅga terracottas, steatite caskets and cast copper coins [3.1]. Pd IV has typical Kushan terracotta figurines and plaques.