Brick walls, pottery items and tiles of Satavahana period unearthed

Hyderabad: A team of archaeologists from Potti Sriramulu Telugu University has hit upon two layers of brick walls and several pottery items and tiles of the Satavahana period during a surface exploration at Telukunta village in Peddapally district.

The team said the finds would lead to the unveiling of many more historical sites in the vicinity. A mound measuring approximately 130 metres in diameter, was located beside a huge tank. The tank could have been the water source for the habitation of those times.

Two layers of brick walls were unearthed. They were found built of huge bricks of the Satavahana times, measuring 52 x 26 x 8cm in size.

Below the mound, approximately 200 acres of land now under cultivation seemed to have been a habitation. The two layers of walls seemed to be running in parallel – this hinting at the existence of an apsidal stupa on the mound.

Dr M.A. Srinivasan, assistant professor at the university, said, “The exploration was carried out on February 22. A mound, locally popular as Sammakka, Saaralamma Gutta, might unveil more brick structures and material that dates back to the period between 1st Century BC and 1st Century AD, if proper excavations are carried out.”