Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c7.s16: Nagpur
Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c7.s16
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- c7.s16.t1 Stratigraphy — 1 part
- c7.s16.t2 Upper Palaeolithic (?) — 1 part
Nagpur
c7.s16.1
Explorations in the districts of Nagpur and Wardha have brought to light Middle Palaeolithic tools. The rivers so far surveyed, partially, are the Wuna and Wardha. On the former, the site near the village Khaira was found with cemented gravel, resting directly on the Deccan trap. It yielded scrapers, points, discoidal cores, tortoise cores and choppers.
Stratigraphy
c7.s16.t1.1
Many sites exist at the confluence of these rivers in the Wardha district, of which the most important is Patala. Here the cliff is fairly high over 20 ft. and from bottom to top is made of (1) coarse cemented gravel, (2) 3 ft. of reddish sandy silt, (3) 10 ft. of fine cemented gravel, (4) dark brown silt. Layer (3) of fine gravel contained sidescrapers on thick blades, hollow scrapers, discoid cores, borers, points, some probably tanged.
Upper Palaeolithic (?)
c7.s16.t2.1
The Kanhan near Nagpur proper has, it is understood, such stratigraphic evidence that it may be possible to postulate an Upper Palaeolithic culture.