[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.c47.159 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.159 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.159 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c47.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47.159) The excavations have yielded occupational deposits and cultural material belonging broadly to two Pds: Pd I belonging to the first three or four centuries A.D., and Pd II to later times. Pd II can be subdivided into two phases A and B; the former can be roughly datable to the 5th to 10th centuries and the latter can be regarded as late medieval. The division is mainly based on the occurrence of fairly datable pottery types. In Pd I certain known pottery types occur throughout such as the Black-and-red Ware \[11.15.3\] and its associated black ware, the Russet-coated Painted Ware \[11.22\] and the Rouletted Ware \[11.21\]. The occurrence of the last two types would clearly indicate a date near the 1st century AD The find of a number of sherds with Brāhmī inscriptions points to more or less the same period. A long inscription mentions Antaanan of Muulaanpedu, probably meaning the Brāhmaṇa of Mulanpedu. But the other inscriptions are short and fragmentary. On palaeographical grounds and associated finds they are datable to first three centuries. - [Previous: v2.c47.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47.158) - [Next: v2.c47.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47.160) - [Up: v2.c47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c47.159) · Pramāṇa