An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.34

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Several ¹⁴C dates are available for both the Pds. For Pd I, Neolithic, they range from 1710 to 1030 ± 105 to 100 B.C. and for Pd II, Overlap, 1095 ± 105 and 955 ± 100 B.C. This early date of the advent of iron in the s. is noteworthy. Thus the excavator's dates are: Pd I A, 1800-1500; Pd I B, 1500-100; and Pd II, 1100-800.