An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.27

v2.c48.27

Besides pottery, beads from all the phases, terracotta human figures and of the horse, elephant, lion, bull and bird, circular plaques having floral designs and legendary episodes, etc., a stamped pottery piece containing a man driving an elephant, a few punch-marked coins [3.1] and potin coins having the legends *Gotamīputasa Viḷivāyakurasa*, *Vāsiṭhīputasa*, and *Mahārathisa* around bow and arrow on one side, and hill with river as well as tree within railing, a Roman coin, fragments of sprinklers in the Red Polished Ware and vessels in the Russet-coated Painted Ware [11.22] in the uppermost phase are of importance. The red ware and highly polished Black-and-red Ware are respectively predominant in uppermost and the earliest phases, the two fabrics occurring more or less in equal proportions in the middle. —A. SUNDARA