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The '''Gohilwad Timbo''' is a mound and ancient site of [[Western Satrap|Kshatrapa]]-[[Gupta dynasty|Gupta]] period located near [[Amreli]] in Amreli Taluka, [[Amreli district]], [[Gujarat]], India. The site is [[Monument of National Importance]] protected by [[Archeological Survey of India]]. It is located between Vadi and Thebi rivulets.<ref name="Gupta1977">{{cite book|author=Parmanand Gupta|title=Geographical Names in Ancient Indian Inscriptions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPlNxFkiVfIC&pg=PA26|year=1977|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|pages=26–27|id=GGKEY:H2W9TXBL6W9}}</ref><ref name="Cumming1939"/> The site is encroached now.<ref name="DeshGujarat2015">{{cite web | title=Encroachment at 13 ASI protected monument sites in Gujarat | website=DeshGujarat News from Gujarat | date=19 March 2015 | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/03/19/encroachment-at-13-asi-protected-monument-sites-in-gujarat/ | accessdate=4 September 2016}}</ref>

==Archeology==
;Archeological history
Gohilwad Timbo literally means the mound of Gohilwad. It is roughly triangular in plan rising from banks of Thebi and Vadi rivulets to height of 15 feet extending about a mile.<ref>{{cite book|title=Proceedings and Transactions of the All-India Oriental Conference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyRXAAAAMAAJ|year=1953|page=345}}</ref> The mound is divided in several smaller mounds by rain gullies. Three mounds labelled M, B and G were excavated before 1945 by [[Hiranand Sastri]] and Gadre. Later [[Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao|S. R. Rao]] carried out excavations in 1952–53.<ref name="Rao1966">{{cite book|author=S. R. Rao|title=Excavations at Amreli: A Kshatrapa-Gupta Town|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vj4NRAAACAAJ|volume=18|year=1966|publisher=Museum & Picture Gallery|location=Baroda}}</ref><ref name="Burton-Page 1970 p=644">{{cite journal | last=Burton-Page | first=J. | title=S. R. Rao: Excavations at Amreli, a Kshatrapa-Gupta town. (Museum and Picture Gallery, Baroda. Bulletin, Vol. XVIII) | journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | volume=33 | issue=3 | year=1970 | page=644 | doi=10.1017/s0041977x00126862 }}</ref>

;Findings
The structural remains were found on the east and west sides of the mound. the possible furnace of goldsmith and clay mould was found on north-west side of it. Terracotta images of Hindu as well as Buddhist origin were found. Carved and plain pottery, [[Black and red ware culture|Black Grey Ware]] pottery, remains of burial in graves and urns, beads, coins, carved bangles of conch shells were also recovered. Basements of rooms chiefly built in rubble masonry or undressed stones, brick walls and other relics were also found. A tomb measuring 12 inches by 17 inches by 2{{3/4}} inches was found. Some coins of [[Western Satrap]]s and possibly of Andhra coins of [[Gautamiputra Satkarni]] were found. A hoard of more than two thousand coins of [[Kumaragupta I]] (5th century) was also unearthed.<ref name="Cumming1939">{{cite book|author=John Cumming|title=Revealing India's Past: A Record Of Archaeological Conservation And Exploration In India And Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThGYjlqVe3kC&pg=PA363|year=1939|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-307-0087-8|page=275}}</ref><ref name="MishraRay2016">{{cite book|author1=Susan Verma Mishra|author2=Himanshu Prabha Ray|title=The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces: The Temple in Western India, 2nd Century BCE–8th Century CE|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CtDLDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=5 August 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-19374-6|page=74}}</ref> A terracotta die with legend Shri-Siladitya engraved in the Gupta script on it and the copper plate of Kharagraha I was also found.<ref name="Baroda1938">{{cite book|author=Baroda|title=Administration Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgatAAAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Printed at the Times Press|page=286}}</ref><ref name="Rao1966"/><ref name="Burton-Page 1970 p=644"/>

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|author=S. R. Rao|title=Excavations at Amreli: A Kshatrapa-Gupta Town|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vj4NRAAACAAJ|volume=18|year=1966|publisher=Museum & Picture Gallery|location=Baroda}}

==References==
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[[Category:Amreli district]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]

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