Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c8.s9.1

c8.s9.1

In Orissa proper, so far microliths have been reported from the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundergarh.⁴⁴ And these have completely belied the observations based on insufficient evidence that microliths were not found away from the copper seams.⁴⁵ Normally they occur on surface and the basin of rivers. The latter aspect is important and will be commented on later. Secondly a small excavation by Shri B. K. THAPAR at a site near Baripada,45a Mayurbhanj yielded microliths exactly of the types found by Dr. MOHAPATRA on the surface, in a layer below the ground ones. This definitely indicates the antiquity of microliths in Orissa.