Recognition of ancient pyroclastic rocks made up of particles of explosive volcanic origin and deposited by primary volcanic processes and/or rapid sedimentation of freshly erupted, texturally unmodified particles vis-a-vis secondary volcaniclastic deposits derived by significant reworking during transport of primary volcanic particles prior to deposition, but long after volcanism (epiclastic) remains a major challenge. A volcanic conglomerate having both rhyolitic clasts and matrix within the ${\sim}$2.5 Ga Bijli Rhyolite in the Dongargarh large igneous province in the Bastar craton, is earlier interpreted to be of epiclastic origin, primarily because of the presence of large rounded rhyolite clasts imparting conglomeratic appearance to the deposit, and thereby considered representing a significant time break (unconformity) between explosive Bijli volcanism and the deposit. Based on new field and petrography studies, we identified the ${\sim}$125 m thick volcanic conglomerate as rapidly sedimented texturally unmodified rhyolitic brecciaconglomerate linked to coeval incipiently welded pyroclastic flow that occurred during caldera collapse related to mafic-recharge-mediated Bijli volcanism, without significant time break. We ascribed the rounding of rhyolite clasts to surface tension of hot crystallising molten magma in plastic state and partly to mechanical interactions of particles on steep slopes in such volcanic settings. This study may help clarify origin of similar deposits in deformed metamorphosed provinces elsewhere.