[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.c44.481 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.481 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.481 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.481) The appearance of the NBPW \[11.16\] has been taken to signify the end of Pd II and the beginning of Pd III, although the two ceramics existed side by side for some time. The dating of Pd II is a matter of opinion. Its upper terminal (i.e., \*c.\* 600 B.C.) is fairly certain, and it received indirect confirmation from ¹⁴C dates of the early levels of Pd III. As to the lower date the excavator feels that since the general ¹⁴C dating of the PGW in the Ganga valley is \*c.\* 900 B.C., it could not be later than \*c.\* 1000 B.C. on a Sutlej site and was possibly even earlier. \[As is well known, a later beginning as also a somewhat later end are advocated by some, e.g. Agrawal and Kusumgar, 1974, pp. 131-2.\] - [Previous: v2.c44.480](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.480) - [Next: v2.c44.482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.482) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.481) · Pramāṇa