[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.c46.206 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.206 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.206 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.206) In spite of the objects collected on surface and forming a unique private collection, the excavations have not been much rewarding. The first excavation carried out by Chapekar gave simply a sequence of habitations indicated by ceramic evidence from the NPBW to the Red Polished Ware (Chapekar, 1969). The next excavation carried out by M.G. Dikshit (\*IAR 1967-8\*, p. 35) brought to light the base of a large brick \*stūpa\*, 26 m in diameter and resembling a \*cakra\* ro wheel on plan. The \*cakra\* comprises eight spokes and circular ribs of brick. There are four \*āyaka\* platforms and a \*Pradakṣiṇa-patha\*. On epigraphical and numismatic data associated with it the \*stūpas\* can be dated to the first part of 2nd century A.D. The excavation also gave evidence of an apsidal brick temple with a \*stūpa\* within and a wooden \*maṇḍapa\* in front. Besides other antiquities Roman clay bullae and glass bottles of the Mediterranean type have also been recovered. The third and the most recent excavation gives evidence of what was possibly a formidable wooden palisade around the ancient city reminding one of the reference by Pliny to the 30 fortified towns of the Sātavāhanas. Tagara thus seems to have been a religious as well as commercial centre in the early centuries of the Christian era. - [Previous: v2.c46.205](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.205) - [Next: v2.c46.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.207) - [Up: v2.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46) ## Linked texts (1) - [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) — C. Plinius Secundus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.206) · Pramāṇa