[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.c44.129 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.129 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.129 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.129) A renewed excavation in New Rājagṛha was undertaken by R. Singh of the ASI (\*IAR 1961-2\*, p. 7; \*1962-3\*, p. 5), when a trench 66 m long and over 5 m wide, was laid across the s. defences near the s.-w. bastions. Carried down to a depth of 18 m below the extant top of the defences, the excavation has revealed three Pds with subdivisions in the latter two. The lowest is essentially non-occupational with only rare shapeless red-ware sherds; its top however has stone foundations and ashy deposits, with the NBPW and associated red ware, some pieces with black-painted linear designs, terracotta human figurines, a hoard of 14 punch-marked coins and fragment of a steatite amulet \[12.1\] with three circles each enclosing three symbols and three vertical lines on the reverse. The mud rampart of Pd II A rests over a deposit of burnt material which caused the destruction of Pd I. Built over a basal deposit of yellowish-brown mud the main core of the rampart has an extant height of 7·31 m retained on the s. side by a battered brick wall. The base of the rampart is available to a width of 40·53 m but on the n. side it is less. There is a moat on the outer side. The pottery in the core of the rampart is the same as in Pd I. In Pd II B a brick fortification was raised on the extant top of the mud rampart. - [Previous: v2.c44.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.128) - [Next: v2.c44.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.130) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājagṛha](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.rajagrha) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.129) · Pramāṇa