An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.178

v2.c39.178

This phase of occupation shows the use of small huts with wooden posts and floors made of fine clay and lime though a number of foundation walls of well-set river pebbles have also been exposed. The most important relics of this Pd, however, come from Mound III at Navdatoli and comprise a *stūpa* and a small rectangular brick structure. The *stūpa* was apparently left incomplete. It is constructed of large brick measuring 50 × 27·5 × 7·5 cm and is 25·8 m in diameter with a circumambulatory passage all around. The most surprising feature is the absence of a foundation trench. An NBPW sherd found below the mud platform of the *stūpa* and bricks having single Brāhmī letters of the Aśokan type indicate the 3rd century B.C. as its probable date. It is interesting that *stūpas* of the same Pd have also been excavated at KASARAVAD, about 6·4 km s.-e. of Navdatoli.