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any records of their find-spots) vitiates any further study. But in Central Deccan, the districts of Bellary and Raichur have been studied in great detail following the excavations of Sir Mortimer Wheeler at Brahmagiri. It was followed by the survey by the writer, of the Bellary District culminating with the excavation at Sanganakallu, and Dr. F. R. Allchin's survey of the Raichur District was followed by his excavation at Piklihal. Shri B. K. Thapar conducted further excavations at Maski. Dr. Seshadri has made a study of the previous materials from Mysore State. As a result of all these studies, it is possible for us to reconstruct the sequence of cultures, following the sound principle of proceeding from the known to the unknown by stratigraphic method.