An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.399

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**Junagadh,** Dt Junagadh. Acheulian tools [4.2] were discovered in a pre-miliolite [9.7] gravel near the place. Acheulian handaxes were also collected from a well section below the miliolite at Adi-Chadi-No-Van. An earthen bund which acted as a dam across the Suvarnarekha river was located. It seems to represent the dam of the lake Sudarśana mentioned in the Junagadh inscription of Rudradāman and Skandagupta. *See* 16.1. Traces of an early historical [4.18.2] settlement were found. Objects of the second half of the 4th century were found in the course of the removal of a 1 m thick deposit from the top of the Uparkot caves.