[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.c40.298 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.298 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.298 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c40.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.298) \*Pd II\*, early historical. This Pd is divided into two phases, A and B, dated on the basis of finds from the 5th to the 3rd century B.C. and the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. respectively. Pd II A has yielded remains of mud walls, floor levels and ring-wells \[14.15\], but a large amount of ash, burnt wood and charred pottery suggests that the habitation was destroyed several times by fire. The predominant pottery is the NBPW \[11.16\] together with the red, black-and-red and black wares. Other finds include: beads of semiprecious stones, bone, glass, shell and terracotta; terracotta skin-rubbers \[18.4\], wheels, human figurines \[17.2\], crucibles \[16.4\] and stoppers; iron objects like arrowheads, spearheads, caltrops \[19.3.5\], knives, chisels, ladles, rings and nails; stone querns and mullers \[6.19\]; and antimony rods \[18.1\]. Of great interest are the bone points having close similarities with those from Taxila. This cultural equipment coninues into the subsequent Pd II B, the additions being uninscribed cast copper coins \[3.1\] and a few sherds of the Russet-coated Painted Ware \[11.22\]. - [Previous: v2.c40.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.297) - [Next: v2.c40.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.299) - [Up: v2.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.298) · Pramāṇa