An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.281

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**Malaiyamputtu**, Dt N. Arcot. Excavation was undertaken inside a cavern with 10th-century paintings at Arumbhavimalai near Malaiyamputtu, later on converted into a temple of mud brick. The temple was built over an earlier deposit yielding in the lower levels sherds of the Megalithic Black-and-red Ware [11.15.3] along with those of handmade and coarse black-slipped ware, burnished or unburnished. This phase may be dated from the 3rd century B.C. to about the 1st century A.D. The post-Megalithic culture was represented by the Russet-coated Painted Ware [11.22] besides a dark-brown-slipped ware.