The excavations at the Proto-Historic site. Paidigutta, were taken up to trace the cultural sequence belonging to the Neolithic-Chalcolithic, Megalithic and early historic periods and to find its relation with the one found in its middle reaches and the nearby sites just away from the confluence. Though early historic period data is not found at Paidigutta, that data is found at Chagaturu, a site developed as an independent site but few meters away from Paidigutta.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D L N Sastry
Mr. D.L.N. Sastry was born in the year 1941 at Mogalikuduru, a village adjacent to Razole in East Godavari District. He had his school educationi at Mallikipuram and Manepalli and took his M.A., degree inancient History and Archaeology from Osmania University under Professors Dr. R. Subrahmanyam and Dr. R. Narasimha Rao in the year 1969. He did his M.Phil on “Prehistoric Cultures of the Manjra Valley†under the guidance of Dr. B.R. Subrahmanyam, Professor, in ancient History and Archaeology, Nagarjuna University, Guntur in the year 1985. Mr. Sastry joined the department of Archaeology and Museums in the year 1970 as Technical Assistant and worked at Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Warangal. He was promoted in the year 1981 and in that capacity he worked at Tirupathi, Vijawada, Warangal and Hyderabad holding the posts of Assistant Director excavations and Assistant Director regional. At present, he is workings as Assistant Director, Srisailam project. At Somasila village, fourteen temples (datable to 14-16c. A.D.) Were conserved in the submergence area. Presently he is attending to the reconstruction work of Panchayatana group of Shrines at Ramateertham in Mehaboobnagar district. A book titled “The Prehistoric cultures of the Manjra Valley†was published by him in 1997 and the book on “The Excavations at Paidigutta†a Protohistoric site was sent to press in the month of September 1998 and the book on, “The Excavations at Nelakondapalli†in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh is in preparation.
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