An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1376

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The twin mounds to the w. of the Kurukshetra Univ. campus, called RAJA KARNA KA QILA and MIRZAPUR sites, were excavated by the Dept of Arch. of the Kurukshetra Univ. from 1970-1 to 1975-6 (*IAR 1970-1*, p. 15; *1971-2*, p. 23; *1972-3*, p. 12). The MIRZAPUR mound has yielded a settlement of the late Harappa period, an early historical shrine and a late medieval graveyard. At the larger mound of RAJA KARNA KA QILA were recovered habitational remains belonging to the NBPW [11.16] and early historical times and a late medieval fortress made of *lakhauri* bricks. As such the combined sequence of cultures at the twin mounds may be divided into four Pds : Pd I (late Harappa), Mirzapur I; Pd II (NBPW), Raja Karna ka Tila I; Pd III (early historical Yaudheya-Kushan), Raja Karna ka Tila II and Mirzapur II; and Pd IV (late medieval), Raja Karna ka Tila III and Mirzapur III.