An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.34

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**Vadnagar** (23°48': 72°36'), Dt Mahesana. Nagara, Ānartapura and Vṛddhanagara are some of the names by which this town was known in the past. Excavation revealed a continuous sequence of three cultural periods: Pd I (*c.* 100-200) was characterized by the predominance of a very crude pottery, also noticed at VADODARA, TIMBARVA and AMRELI. Pd II (*c.* 200-600) had Red Polished Ware [11.23] in large quantities associated with a painted pottery with black designs on a bright-red slip [cf. VASAI¹]. Pd III (*c.* 600-1000) yielded a distinctive coarse red-slipped ware painted with black designs on a white background. This ware also occurs at VADODARA and TIMBARVA. *IAR 1953-4*; *1966-7.* Subbarao, B., & Mehta, R.N., 1955, in *Jour. M.S. Univ. Baroda*, 4, 1.