[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.c39.281 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.281 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.281 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.281) \*\*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. - [Previous: v2.c39.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.280) - [Next: v2.c39.282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.282) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.281) · Pramāṇa