An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.36

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**Rairh** (26°20′; 76°10′), Dt Jaipur, in a valley surrounded by small hill ranges on the e., s. and w. spurs and isolated spurs on the n., where, following the accidental discovery of a hoard of 326 silver punch-marked coins [3.1], excavation was conducted by D.R. Sahni in 1938 and by K.N. Puri during 1938 to 1940. Of the three Pds identified in the excavation the lowest had only a few fragmentary jars and potsherds, the middle one a double-roomed dwelling and the section of a drain and the uppermost three small houses, a series of parallel walls and fragments of drains, including one of clay pipes, the size of the bricks being about 48×2·3× 8 cm and pavements; evidently most of the houses were built of mud, of which no trace exists. Of the 18 ring-wells of the nature of soak-pits, two were filled with layers of inverted *loṭā*-shaped jars.