Ahichchatra

A large ancient city of northern India, near Bareilly in the Ganges plain that was occupied from the mid-1st millennium BC to c 1100 AD. The ramparts were built c. 500 BC and there are nine building levels up till its abandonment. Painted Grey Ware was the first pottery found; later there was Northern Polished Black Ware.

Large city in northern India, which was occupied from the mid-1st millennium bc to cl 100 ad. The city, which occupied several hundred hectares, was the site where Painted Grey ware was first found.