An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.136

v2.c35.136

The fourth occupation, Pd IV, began some time in the 2nd century B.C., as evidenced by the occurrence in its lower levels of the coins of the rulers of Mathura and of the typical Śuṅga terracotta [17.2]. The pottery is now all red, sometimes stamped. The houses, of which seven structural Sub-pds have been noted, are of kiln-burnt brick (size 37 × 23 × 6·5 cm) and duly oriented n. to s. and e. to w. A street-drain and a terracotta ring-well in a house have also been noticed. The middle and late levels of the Pd have yielded respectively Yaudheya coins (beginning of the Christian era) and those imitating the coins of the Kushan king Vāsudeva (ascribable to the mid-2nd or early 3rd century A.D). Amongst the other finds of the Pd mention may be made of rotary querns [6.19], terracotta votive tanks and a terracotta figure of Bodhisattva Maitreya (from the upper levels) which matches its counterparts in the contemporary Mathura sculpture.