An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.141
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.141
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The structural vestiges brought to light are: (1) a covered stone drain running e.-w. to an available length of 21 m leading to a brick-built cistern on the w. and connected with it by a pottery pipe, assigned to the early Sātavāhana times; (2) red-gravel rammed floors at various levels of the Sātavāhana period; (3) brick-built fireplace, early Sātavāhana; (4) walls of bricks, mostly of the size of 40 × 18 × 7·5 cm, set in red mud mortar; (5) a house complex built of bricks, 45·7 × 22·8 × 9·2 cm, laid in English bond, the thickness of the wall being 45·7 cm; (6) a room with an entrance opening in bricks, size 40 × 20 × 7·5 cm, rising to a height of 74 cm; and (7) a floor of large-sized bricks.