Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c9.18

c9.18

In the Second Interglacial Period of the Himalayas, however, well-defined human industries belonging to the two main groups already referred to can be traced in river terraces and other deposits in North-West India. It will be convenient to deal first with those tools which come within the flake (or chopper) family, which in India, as far as is known at present, are confined to a series of localities in the valley of the Soan, and the Indus, in Poonch, near Jhelum and in the Salt Range. This industry, which can be divided into three phases, has been called the Soan Culture.