An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.397

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**Nevasa** (19°34'; 74°54'), Dt Ahmadnagar, situated on both banks of the Pravara, the n. called Nevasa Budruk and the s. Nevasa Khurd. Traditional accounts regarding Nevasa or the Godavari-Pravara valley are very few and the earliest reference dated to the 12th-13th century is found in the *Līlācaritra* and some manuscripts of the *Jñāneśvarī*. The site is variously called Nidhivāsa, or Nīdvāsa or Nivāsa. It was first explored by M.N. Deshpande of the ASI and regular excavations were undertaken by the Deccan College Postgraduate and Res. Inst. under H.D. Sankalia in 1954-6 and again in 1956-9 (*IAR 1959-60*, pp. 19-21; *1960-1*, pp. 25-8). These revealed a sequence of six cultural Pds ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic [4.2] to the Muslim-Maratha times.