An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.358

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**Sastevadi**, Dt Pune, on the bank of the Mula-Mutha opposite THEUR. Excavation by S.R. Rao and his assistants of the ASI (*IAR 1971-2*, p. 35) revealed two Pds of prehistoric occupation. Pd I had Neolithic [11.1.5] handmade burnished grey ware and painted Malwa Ware [11.10], a polished axe and quern of stone and rows of circular houses of wattle and daub. Pd II was marked by a rammed mud floor and the presence of the Jorwe Ware [11.11], parallel-sided blades of chalcedony and copper fish-hook [6.6]. The last, Pd III, belonged to late medieval times.—A. BANERJI