ANCIENT MOUND NOH
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Excavation at Noh was conducted during 1963-67 by the Department of Archaeology, Rajasthan. A succession of five periods has been identified : Period I-OCW sherds with incised decoration in a 90 cm thick deposit; Period II-Black-and-Red Ware; Period III-PGW along with the black slipped and Black-and-Red Ware of the preceding period. A PGW lid with painted bird at the rim is interesting. Period IV-NBPW of various surface hues, coal black, steel grey, silvery and golden, occurs along with plain grey ware. Three phases of mud-brick (40 x 20 x 6 cm) structures have been noticed; Period V-early second century B.C. to late third century A.D. Sunga and Kushana levels have eight structural phases, use of baked brick being common to all phases.
Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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Ownership Status | Government |
Topographical Features | Plain terrain |
1 | A. Ghosh (ed.), An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology, Vol. II (New Delhi 1989), |
2 | Indian Archaeology-A Review for the years 1955-56 and 1963-64 to 1966-67 |
Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
27º 12’ 45” N, 77º 32’ 49” E | Bharatpur | Bharatpur | Rajasthan |
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