[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.c38.249 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.249 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.249 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.249) All this must have taken place during phases II and III when the highest prosperity in the life of Lothal had been reached. In Phase IV which followed another flood the dock had to be rebuilt with walls of reduced thickness and due to the choking up of the original flow-channel a new and narrower channel of the river had to be excavated, which did not allow large vessels to enter the dock. The final destruction of the dock took place with a flood that ended the prosperity of the settlement. - [Previous: v2.c38.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.248) - [Next: v2.c38.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.250) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) ## Cites (1) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.249) · Pramāṇa