[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.c42.668 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.668 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.668 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.668](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.668) \*Pd IV\* (\*c.\* 4th century to 1st century B.C.). The site was deserted by the late Prabhas people around 1200 B.C and was reoccupied in 4th century B.C, the hiatus being stratigraphically represented by a weathered layer about 30 cm thick. The site seems to have been occupied again in the Mauryan period when a fortified citadel was built as the site. It was constructed of dressed stones set in mud mortar. It was over 1 m in width and had a bastions at cardinal points. The principal ceramic industry of the period is the black-and-red ware. - [Previous: v2.c42.667](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.667) - [Next: v2.c42.669](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.669) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.668](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.668) · Pramāṇa