[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.c42.617 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.617 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.617 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.617](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.617) At the bottom of this pit was placed a pyriform urn, with a truncated round base, 96 cm in height and 53 cm in diameter at the mouth and 84 cm at the bulge. Inside the urn, at its base, were deposited seven pots, three iron implements, including a tanged dagger (?) or spearhead, and 48 beads, including 41 of etched carnelian. The skeletal remains, which were presumably deposited in one of seven pots, possibly the centrally placed one with a lid, were found in a mess badly crushed below the pot and the supporting ring-stand. The beads belonged perhaps to two strings which were originally hung on the terracotta hooks provided immediately below the neck of the urn. Above the pots there was no filling. The urn was covered with a lid. The sides of the pit were packed with loose earth filling up to the level of the lid. - [Previous: v2.c42.616](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.616) - [Next: v2.c42.618](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.618) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.617](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.617) · Pramāṇa