An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c47.163

v2.c47.163

In some localities vestiges of continuous occupation of Pd II have been found. In these deposits two phases can be distinguished, A, roughly from the 5th to 10th centuries, and B, which is later. In the former the survival of certain pottery traditions like the bright-red-slipped ware can be detected, while the latter has coarse red ware and vessels of different utilitarian characters. Some Celadon Ware [11.25] pieces are also present. Among the minor antiquities in this Pd are glass beads and bangles of black glass, besides those of semiprecious stones. Terracotta toys such as human figurines, gamesman [6.7.2] like dice [6.7.1], ear ornaments, stone tools, cattle bones, etc. Particularly noteworthy are: the remains of similar stockades with nodules of stones supporting the fence; human occupation and indications of burning of cow-dung in different times in Pd III; levelling and thick accumulation of vitreous ash partly heaped up along the edge forming ‘ash wall’ in Pd IV; and indication of abandonment of the site and later occupation of the site by people of the early Iron Age and early historical cultures for a short period suggested by scatterings of the pottery of the cultures in Pd V. In all there appears to have been at least five deliberate major burnings of the stockades together with the heavy accumulations of cow-dung for the successive preparation of the site for new cow-pens.