[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.c40.208 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.208 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.208 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c40.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.208) An alluvial deposit approximately 12·2 to 18·3 m high had been observed in the area around Nandur and Madhmeshwar villages in 1943 (Sankalia, 1943, pp. 186-203). The schematic section comprises four layers. From the present bed of the river up to 4·6 m is the trap rock covered by talus. A very thin accumulation of yellowish-brown silt overlies this. The second layer is preserved only at a few localities. The next deposit of gravel which is both implementiferous and fossiliferous has a thickness of about 1·5 m. The topmost layer is composed of ‘soil of loamy character’. Later it was noted that the earlier gravel which lay in the river bed was superimposed by a very thick deposit of brownish silt forming the oldest terrace. The succeeding cycles of wet and dry phases were perhaps not very intensive, as the later gravel and silt deposits could not reach the former height and were banked against the earlier cliff. The accumulation of these at a lower height prompted erosion, with the result that the gravel lies scattered at a few places in the present river bed. - [Previous: v2.c40.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.207) - [Next: v2.c40.209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.209) - [Up: v2.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.208) · Pramāṇa