[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.c48.34 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.34 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c48.34 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.34) \*\*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. - [Previous: v2.c48.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.33) - [Next: v2.c48.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.35) - [Up: v2.c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c48.34) · Pramāṇa