An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.284

v2.c44.284

*Pd II*. The Pd has a crude variety of the NBPW [11.16] along with the rimless *hāṇḍī*, miniature bowl, jar of the shape of Ahicchatrā 10a (*AI*, 1, pp. 42), etc.—all in red ware—similar to the early historical sites in the Ganga plains. Bricks (30×23 ×7 cm) are used in houses. There is a brick jelly floor having a hearth with covering wall laid over a pebble foundations. The other objects are similar to those of Pd I, in addition to a knife with bone handle and a few terracotta objects, all assignable to *c.* middle of the 4th to the end of the 3rd century B.C. The late phase of the Pd is marked by structures of stone and robbed brick of the earlier phase. In pottery, besides the other usual types with thumb and grooved impressions, the elongated neck of a jar of the Red Polished Ware [11.23] from the late level compares well with the *c.* and w. Indian type of the beginning of the Christian era. This Pd may be placed to *c.* 2nd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D.