An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.195

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**Sankara**, Dt Aligarh. Located on the w. bank of the Ganga, the mound is about 32 km e. of Atrauli. In the lowest levels PGW [11.14] was succeeded by red ware associated elsewhere with the NBPW [11.16] though no sherd of the NBPW was found. Śuṅga-Kushan remains and Gupta antiquities followed, whereafter the site was temporarily deserted. It was re-occupied in *c.* 9th-12th centuries. The latest occupation can be assigned to *c.* 15th-16th centuries. *IAR 1960-1.*