[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.c39.178 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.178 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.178 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v2.c39.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.177) - [Next: v2.c39.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.179) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.178) · Pramāṇa