[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.c30.125 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.125 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.125 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.125) 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. - [Previous: v2.c30.124](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.124) - [Next: v2.c30.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.126) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.125) · Pramāṇa