[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.c31.462 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.462 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.462 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.462) \*\*Dhatva\*\*, (Dhatwa), Dt Surat, on the s. bank of the Tapti, the mound in the vicinity known as Rundhi Mora. Excavation in 1968 by R.N. Mehta and his colleagues has revealed a Chalcolithic \[4.14.5\] occupation over the Black Cotton Soil \[9.1\], with the Malwa Ware \[11.10\] and black-and-red \[11.6\] wares and with beads of terracotta, semiprecious stones and shell and cores and microliths of carnelian, jasper chalcedony and chert. The site was then occupied by an iron-using people of the early historical period who used the local ore, black-and-red ware and plain and burnished black ware. Sherds of amphorae \[11.19\] and the Red Polished Ware \[11.23\] are available as also copper punch-marked and die-struck coins \[3.1\]. It has been concluded that the Chalcolithic occupation ranged from the 15th to the 10th century B.C. and the early historical from the 5th-4th century B.C. to the 3rd-4th century A.D. Mehta, R.N., \*et al.\*, 1975, \*Excavation at Dhatva\*, Baroda.—A. GHOSH - [Previous: v2.c31.461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.461) - [Next: v2.c31.463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.463) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31) ## Cites (1) - [Dhatva](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.dhatva) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.462) · Pramāṇa