Golabai

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Golabai, Dist. Khurda, Orissa, India (20°25'14"N; 85°49'03"E)

Golabai Sasan is known mostly from its medieval temple architecture. This settlement site is located on the left bank of the Mandakini (locally Mallaguni) river, near the Chilka lake. Trial excavations in 1991 showed a succession of Chalcolithic and Iron Age assemblages, presumably dating to the 2nd and 1st millennia BC. Sinha described the pottery as dull red and grey wares. Ground lithics bring to mind those of East and South-east Asia. This site and Sankarjang are the main sites in Orissa which represent this time.

References

• B.K. Sinha, Golabai: A Protohistoric Site on the Coast of Orissa, in: K.K. Basa and P. Mohanty (eds.), Archaeology in Orissa (Delhi 2000) 322-355

• P. Yule, Sankarjang-ein metallzeitlicher Bestattungsplatz im Dhenkanal-Vorgebirge des östlcihen Indiens, Anthropos 84, 1989: 107-132