[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.c31.451 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.451 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.451 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.451) Pd III marks the abandonment of the navigational channel its gradual silting up and its deliberate closing. Some of the materials from this debris include an inscribed potsherd of 3rd and 4th century A.D. and an inscribed broken stone marble piece of the Ikṣvāku period. Besides some late bangle pieces, both poly-chrome and monochrome, and a few pieces of porcelain ware were also recovered. These would indicate that the final filling of the channel and the conversion of the entire embankment as a land-fort without a channel or a moat might have taken place in the post-Ikṣvāku period. Besides these an ivory sealing inscribed with four letters \*Dasilasa\*, ascribable to the 2nd or to 3rd century A.D. was found. —K. RAGHAVACHARI - [Previous: v2.c31.450](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.450) - [Next: v2.c31.452](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.452) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.451) · Pramāṇa