An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.44

v2.c40.44

*Pd III* (beginning of the Christian era to *c.* 8th-9th century). This was the era of foreign contacts and the growth of the settlement as a city. Roman antiquities, specially amphora [11.19], have been obtained. The Red Polished Ware [11.23], plain and burnished red ware, crude gritty red ware, inscribed seals with Brāhmī legends, Kṣatrapa coins, ivory and shell objects, such as bangles and beads, stone objects and beads of glass, lapis lazuli and other materials indicate far-flung contacts of this place. The buildings of brick, series of channel hearths with charcoal and charred grains and marks of cart-track indicate heavy activity during this Pd. The remains have been obtained from the trench at Ratan-khad, indicating the expansion of the site in this Pd.