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The first thermoluminescence (TL) dates of pottery from aRamayana associated site are reported. The TL dates for pre-NBPW Black-Slipped Ware levels are 730 and 765 B.C., while radiocarbon date takes the earliest Black Slipped Ware level (for which no TL dates are available) to 905 B.C. (uncorrected). For the OCW level, three TL dates are available which range from 1035 B.C. to 875 B.C. The early NBPW period believed to be associated with theRamayana episode will thus be post-750 B.C.
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Agrawal, D.P., Bhandari, N., Lal, B.B. et al. Thermoluminescence dating of pottery from Sringaverapura—A Ramayana site. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 90, 161–172 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02880261
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