An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.18

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The mound at Takalghat shows that the habitation belongs all through to the Megalithic culture, though it can be divided into three phases. Phase Ia gives evidence of house floors made of rammed dark-brown clay in which circular wooden posts were sunk. In the next phase the technique of floor-making seems to have improved inasmuch as clay, fine sand and lime are used. This phase shows the evidence of walls of clay impregnated with bamboo screen. The post-holes attest to the nature of the roof which must have been of light weight. This technique of house building ramains unchanged in the last phase, i.e. Phase Ic.