Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c8.s7.16

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In Eastern India the most important site to date is Birbhanpur, on the bank of the Damodar river. This river, however, rises in the Chota Nagpur plateau on the west, and though at present the site is included in West Bengal, geographically it belongs to this region. Other sites in chronological order are those noted by BEECHING²⁸ near Chaibasa and Chakradharpur in Singhbhum District in 1868, by BODDING³⁰ in the Santal Parganas in 1904, by ANDERSON in the Sanjai Valley in 1917,³¹ by MAJUMDAR³² near Durgapur in 1937 and by LAL in 1954 (the same as Birbhanpur), by MURRAY³³ from Hartopa in Singhbhum in 1940, by CHAKALDAR³⁴ in Bankura District in 1952 and again by KRISHNASWAMI in 1959-60 and by RAY³⁵ near Bongara in Manbhum District in 1954.