An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c46.416

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Pd III, 300 to 100 B.C., its latter part coinciding with the Sātavāhana rule, as indicated by Sātavāhana coins, had mud-brick rooms on stone foundations in mud mortar, the corners of which were connected to two ring-wells [14.15], over 1 m apart from each other. One of the wells was lined with 17 courses of rings with rough and large refuse pots, 45 cm in diameter and 20 cm in height, placed over one another inside. The pottery included a very fine red ware [Red Polished Ware?, 11.23] and buff-, white- and yellow-slipped wares. Other household articles comprised objects of soapstone, bone points, gamesmen [6.7.2], beads of carnelian, agate, crystal, glass, shell and terracotta, iron arrowheads and a tanged knife. Coins with the Brāhmī legend *Tripurī* and lead and copper coins of Siri Bātavāhana indicate the date of the Pd.