[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.c46.280 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.280 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.280 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.280) \*\*Theur\*\* (18°31'; 73°55'), Dt Pune, situated on the Mula-Mutha river, 24 km n. of Pune. Excavation by the ASI under S.R. Rao in 1969-70 (\*IAR 1969-70\*, pp. 27-9) showed that the earliest occupation began during the Chalcolithic period \[4.14.6\]. Its distinctive feature is the occurrence of five stone circles varying in diameter from 18 to 28 m, situated at a distance of nearly 1 km from the right bank of the river on the Theur-Naigaon road, while a 4 m high mound lies on the left bank. Two of the stone circles were excavated and these were found to enclose huts of the Chalcolithic period. The houses were rectangular on plan and showed three phases of occupation. In earliest phase a double-pot burial \[12.4\] was found in the courtyard of a rectangular mud house. - [Previous: v2.c46.279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.279) - [Next: v2.c46.281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.281) - [Up: v2.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46) ## Cites (1) - [Theur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.theur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c46.280) · Pramāṇa