EXCAVATIONS - PROTOHISTORIC SITES

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Manoti (1959-60)

Dr. R.Y. Trivedi assisted by Dr. Y.S. Wakankar excavated at Manoti, Dist. Mandsaur during 1959-60. Three trenches-one long and two short-were laid. The trenches showed seven successive periods. The early pottery fell into the following groups:

1. Black-and-red ware with paintings on the inner surface, recalling the corresponding ware from Ahar and Nagda.
2. Red ware with black paintings, the spouted bowl of which could be compared with that from Maheshwar.
3. The same ware of fine fabric, in shapes akin to those of the late phase of Lothal.
4. Coarse black ware.
   

Material from Manoti	Ring-wells
Miniature Pots	Floor Deposits with bones
Floor Deposit	Stratified Deposit

After an initial destruction of the site by flood, the habitation was protected by a huge mud-brick wall. Another major flood, indicated by a thick sandy gravel, once more affected the site, and after it came a change in culture.

The succeeding periods belonged to the early historical to medieval ages

REFERENCES
IAR, 1959·60, P. 25.