An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.133

v2.c35.133

After the occupational strata had reached a thickness of about 2·5 m, a heavy flood occurred in the river washing away a considerable portion of the settlement. Evidence of this flood has been obtained in the form of a very pronounced erosion on the river-side edge of the mound; and at its toe there lay higgledy-piggledy the washed-away material. Besides, in four out of the six borings made in the river-bed itself, a part of the eroded material has been encountered at a depth of nearly 15 m below the water level. The devastation indeed was so great that the inhabitants had to flee the place.