Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
Period Medieval·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇮🇳 India Region 10, India
About
About Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 in India Region 10, India is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Medieval
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1972
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10
On the ground
Structures & features
12.9988° N · 136.6029° E · 1645 m · 3 mapped features
Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — subsidiary complex
12.9979° N · 136.6039° ETell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — Altar Annex 2
altaraltar at Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — outlier feature
12.9977° N · 136.6038° ETell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — Shrine Annex 3
shrineshrine at Tell of Painted Ware Temple 106 — India Region 10 — primary structure
12.9991° N · 136.6013° E