[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.c40.296 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.296 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.296 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c40.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.296) (20° 0'; 73° 51'), Dt Nasik, an ancient town situated on both banks of the Godavari. Literary and epigraphical records are replete with references to the town and provide evidence of its unbroken history for nearly 2500 years. The earliest authentic mention of Nasik is in Patanjali’s \*Mahābhāsya\* (Chapter 6) which refers to it as Nāsikya and several Brāhmanical, Jaina and Buddhist texts record the existence of Nasik as a town and as a \*deśa\* or \*janapada\*. Inscriptions at Pandu Lena in the vicinity of the town refer to it as a \*nagara\* and describe the donations made by its inhabitants. Though the site had been carefully explored earlier by Bhagwanlal Indraji (\*Gaz. Bombay Presidency\*, 16, 1883, pp. 534-40) and by H. Cousens (\*Progress Rep. ASI W. Circle 1908\*, p. 29), it was taken up for excavation only in 1950-51 by the Deccan College Res. Inst. under H.D. Sankalia. Apart from Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\] tools like cleavers, scrapers and handaxes recovered from the buried river-bed at Gangawadi, 15 km n.w. of Nasik, the excavation itself exposed cultural remains of five Pds. - [Previous: v2.c40.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.295) - [Next: v2.c40.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.297) - [Up: v2.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.296) · Pramāṇa