An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.233

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From the early phase, *c.* 1st to 3rd centuries, Red Polished Ware [11.23] sprinklers, bowls, black-painted red sherds, handmade vases with pinched base and a copper Kushan coin have been recovered. The middle phase, *c.* 4th to 6th centuries, has yielded kaolin sherds, cooking vessels, with indentations and lug ears on their rims, sherds bearing motifs in relief in imitation of jack fruit and ornamental bricks. Identical objects were recovered from excavations at AHICCHATRĀ and KASHIPUR from the Gupta and post-Gupta levels. To this phase belongs a Śaivite sanctum with a *liṅga* and three brick-built rectangular shrines each having a square *garbhagṛha* and front *maṇḍapa*. From this phase onwards animal bones are absent in contrast to the early phase. Probably vegetarianism was introduced in this region at this time. In the last phase, *c.* 7th and 8th centuries, the pottery types are a continuation from the middle phase. A temple of brick, 33 × 24 × 7 and 25 × 13 × 6 cm, and residential building having six interconnected rooms with paved floor and a corridor have been laid bare. Ghosh, N.C., & Sharma, R.P., 1975-6, in *Purātattva*, 8, pp. 180-1.—N.C. GHOSH