Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c8.s8.29

c8.s8.29

"I also excavated several prehistoric tumuli or grave-mounds, in the valleys of the Vindhya range. In these mounds I found whole skeletons, but in such a friable condition that not a single entire bone could be got out. I also discovered rude earthenware vessels and fragments of pottery in the same mounds along with small stone implements and numerous flakes. Among the smaller stone implements found in the mounds there were several of exactly the same peculiar forms and types as those found in the caves, leading to the conclusion that the men buried in the mounds were of the same race as the men of the caves. In six different mounds which I excavated I did not find a single bit of metal of any kind."