An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.53

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In the excavation of 1962-3 three Pds were distinguished, the first two being anterior to the stone fortification and seemingly without baked-brick structures, though limestone structures were known. They had both red and grey wares; the occurrence of the NBPW [11.16] was negligible, though the associated red ware was available. The settlement seems to have originated in *c*. 400 B.C., but both on the surface and sporadically in the lower levels fluted cores and flakes were found. Pd III was marked by the presence of the Red Polished Ware [11.23]. The other finds of the site include terracotta human and animal figures in Śuṅga and Gupta styles, toys and flesh-rubbers [18.4], an ivory seal with *svastika* and taurine symbols and copper antimony rods [18.1] and rings. The fortification probably originated in Gupta times. Bhandarkar, D.R., 1920, *Arch. Remains & Excavation at Nagari*, Mem. ASI, 4. Jain, K.C., 1972, *Cities & Towns of Rajasthan*, Delhi, pp. 94-100. Kaviraj Shyamal Das Ram Prasad, 1887, in *Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal*, 56, 1, pp. 77-9.—R.P. SHARMA