Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c8.s13.11

c8.s13.11

In the Konkan the Salsette island is so far investigated to some extent. Whether we agree with TODD that Kandivli Microlithic culture marks the end of rich cultural sequence beginning with the Early Palaeolithic or not, there is no doubt that this and other sites along the coast and the Thana creek and along the banks of the rivers like the Ulhas in the north and the Amba in the south of Bombay speak of a wide-spread habitation during the microlithic phase.⁶⁶ These people inhabited slightly higher elevated grounds—usually rocks or hillocks and avoided the thicker jungle in the interior. It is likely that they preferred the region because it grows abundance of bananas and coconuts and abounds in fish and fowl. Raw material could be had in the river gravels as well as in the veins of chert, jasper etc. which abound in these hills.