[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.c42.678 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.678 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.678 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.678) \*\*Prakash\*\* (21°30′; 74°21′), Dt Dhule, on the confluence of the rivers Tapti and Gomai in Shahada Taluka, the site located to the s.-e. of the present village, with its longer axis running along the Gomai. Explorations in the TAPTI VALLEY had indicated the potentialities of the site. With a view to ascertaining the succession of cultures at the site and to providing a relative time-scale for the region, an excavation was undertaken at this site by the writer on behalf of the ASI in 1955. (\*AI\*, 20 and 21, 1964 and 1965, pp. 5-167). The excavation exposed an over 17 m deep occupational deposit, belonging to four Pds with a break between the earlier two and a continuous sequence thereafter. - [Previous: v2.c42.677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.677) - [Next: v2.c42.679](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.679) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.678) · Pramāṇa