[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.c36.265 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.265 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.265 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.265) \*\*Jaugada\*\*, Dt Ganjam, a fortified township on the bank of the Rishikulya, identified with Samāpā, to the \*mahāmātras\* of which the first Separate Rock-edict of Aśoka is addressed, the edict-bearing boulder lying within the fortified area. The site was excavated by D. Mitra of the ASI in 1956-7 (\*IAR 1956-7\*, p. 30). On the natural soil was a sandy layer of flimsy occupational debris with sherds of fine black-and-red ware \[11.6\], over which was built the first defensive wall with a basal width of over 21 m and an extant height 4·4 m, its material derived from a ditch cut into the sandy layer. In the core of the wall were stray sherds of the same nature as in the sandy layer. In the next phase a thick deposit of clay was laid on the existing top of the wall, and later on was erected on the inner side a 60 cm high wall of rubble and stone clips with large boulders on the top. Both the faces of the wall and its top were covered with varied subsequent deposits, one of which yielded a Puri-Kushan coin. The defensive wall continued to be heightened but its top was largely eroded. - [Previous: v2.c36.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.264) - [Next: v2.c36.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.266) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36) ## Cites (1) - [Jaugada](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.jaugada) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c36.265) · Pramāṇa