[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959) › c19 # Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c19: Index Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c19 - **Language:** English ### Index ### [c19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.1) Abbevillian (Chellian) industry, 36 Adichanallūr urn-field, 160 Adzes, polished stone, 83 Āhār, 165 Ahichchhatrā, 26, 131 Alexander the Great, 25, 170, 172 Alignments, 157 Allchin, Mrs. Bridget, 78 Allchin, F. R., 84 Amarāvatī, 148, 160 Anapāra, 157 Arabia as cultural link, 70, 78 Aramaic, 170, 172 Arikameḍu (Pondicherry), 31 Aryans, 28, 113, 123, 125 f. Ashoka, 13, 128, 134, 136, 164, 170 ff., 174 Attirampakkam, 31 Austroasiatic languages, 89 Axes, polished stone, 83 ff. ### [c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.2) Bac-Soanian culture, 88 Bahādarābād, copper hoard, 124 Bahal, 145, 166 Bahrain, 109, 110 Bāngangā valley, 40, 64 Barābar hills, 175 Beas valley, 64 Begram, 172 Behistūn (Bisutūn) rock-inscription, 175 Bhagertarar (Bhagertrar), Indus site, 95 Bimson, Miss M., 181 Bindusāra, 164, 171 Bisauli, copper hoard, 124 ### [c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.3) Black-and-red Ware, 116, 134, 138, 145, 149, 161, 164 ff. Bondos, 151 Bos namadicus, 43, 46 Boulder conglomerate, 38, 43, 44, 45, 50, 53 Brahmagiri, 80, 84, 90, 154, 155, 156, 162, 164 Brahui, 169 British Museum laboratory, 30 Bubalus palaeindicus, 43 Buddha, 24, 129, 173 Burkitt, M. C., 47 ### [c19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.4) Cammiade, L. A., 47 Capsian (Kenya), 66, 69, 73, 76 Cave-paintings, 126 Caves, rock-cut, 154, 158, 175 Cemetery H, 114 Chalcolithic industries, 93 ff., 137 ff. Chambal valley, 42 Chandragupta, 171, 172 Chandravalli, 32 Chanhu-daro, Indus site, 115 Chārsada (Pushkalāvatī), 17, 31, 172 Chauntra, 40 Cinder-mounds, 91 Clactonian technique, 35, 39 Copper hoards, Gangetic, 123 ff. Cotton soil (regur), 43 Cranium, human (Palaeolithic?), 60 Cuddapah, 47 Currency, 24, 25, 131, 140, 146, 149, 162, 163, 171 Cyprus, non-pottery culture, 72 ### [c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.5) Defences of the Indus Civilization, 97, 102, 129 Dehra, 40 Deshpande, M. N., 146 De Terra, H., 38, 64 Derikulam, 157 Dhaliara, 40 Dhok Pathan, 63 Dilmun, \*see\* Telmun Dolmens, 151, 154 Dravidian, 169 ### [c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.6) \*Elephas namadicus\*, 38, 43, 46 Eran, coin of, 163 Excarnation, 151, 161 ### [c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.7) Flake implements, 35 Foote, R. Bruce, 36, 91 Fort Munro sword, 115 Führer-Haimendorf, Dr. C. von, 90, 151, 168 ### [c19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.8) Gadabas, 151 Ganges Civilization, 118 ff. Ghosh, A., 14, 124, 190 Ghositārāma at Kaushāmbi, 129 Giddalur, 52 Glaciations, 38 Glob, Dr. P. V., 110 Gordon, Col. D. H., 82 Graeco-Roman wares, 25 Granaries of the Indus Civilization, 97, 102, 111 Greek inscription, 170 Guler, 40 ### [c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.9) Hālār, Indus culture site, 94 Handaxes, 35 ff. Harappā, 94 ff. Hari-Yūpiyā, 113 Hastināpura, 31, 117, 124, 132 Hat-stones, 156 Hiuen Tsang, 129 Hoes, shouldered, 87 ff. Hood-stones, 156 f. Hunnan, 88, 89 ### [c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.10) India, origin of name, 15 Indian Ocean ‘culture pool’, 58, 80 Indrapat, 132 Indus Civilization, 93 ff. Iron Age, advent of, 24 ### [c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.11) Jarmo, Iraq, non-pottery culture, 72 Jaugadā, 134 Jericho, Jordan, 72, 104 Jhangar Culture, 115 Jhukar Culture, 115 Jorwe, 145 Judeirjo-daro, Indus site, 98 ### [c19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.12) ‘Kaffirs’ graves’, 159 Kafuan industry, 56 Kaimur Range, 44 Kallūr, swords from, 124 Kangra, 40 Karāchi, 159 Kaushāmbi, 26, 128 Kerala, 154 Khan, Dr. F. A., 14, 106, 190 Khandivli, 66 ### [c19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.13) Kharoshthī, 172 Kila Gul Mohammed, non-pottery culture, 72 Komalaparathela, 157 Kot Diji, 106 Koyas, 151 Krishnaswami, V. D., 153 Kunnattur, 156, 163 Kurnool, 47, 52 Kurram trunnion-axe, 115 ### [c19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.14) Lal, B. B., 14, 40, 124, 126, 129 Langhnāj, 73, 146 Laterite, 43, 47, 50, 153 Levallois technique, 35 Lothal, Indus culture site, 82, 94, 97, 112, 116, 165 ### [c19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.15) Madras industry, 36 \*Madhyadesha\*, 123 \*Mahābhārata\*, 28, 131, 132 Mahāsthān, 135, 136 Maheshwar, 139 f., 166 Mahī valley, 43 Maināmati, 135 Makkan, 109 Maski, 83, 154, 157, 160 Mauryan Empire, 134, 136, 164 Mayurbhanj, pebble and handaxe industry, 45, 88 'Megalithic' settlements, 163 Megaliths, 150 ff. Megasthenes, 176 f. Mehgam, Indus culture site, 95 Meluhha, 109 Menhirs, 157 ### [c19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.16) Microlithic industries, 48, 69 ff. Midnapur, 87 Mirzapur, 44, 126 Mohenjo-daro, 94 ff. Movius, Hallam, 57 Mundas, 151 ### [c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.17) Nāgdā, 138, 166 Nallamalais Range, 47, 54 Nandikanama Pass, 69 Narbadā (Narmadā) Valley, 43 Nāsik, 145, 166 Nāvdā Toli, 139, 140 Neolithic cultures, 80 ff. Nevasa, 46, 86 Northern Black Polished Ware, 24, 30, \*et passim\* ### [c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.18) Ochre Ware, 117, 124, 129 Oldowan industry, 48, 56 Olorgesailie handaxes, 61 ### [c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.19) Painted Grey Ware, 25, 26, 124, \*et passim\* Palaeolithic Man, 34 ff. Pallavaram, 154 Pānipat, 118 Pātaliputra, 176 Paterson, T. T., 38, 50, 64 Pebble implements, 34 Persepolis, 172 Persia, 24, 171 ff. Persian polished masonry, 30, 174 Peshāwar, 17 Pindi Gheb, 63 Pondicherry, 31, 160 Porkalam, 155 ### [c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.20) 'Port-hole' opening, 153 ff., 160, 162, 167 Potwar area, 44 Prakrit, 172 Pravara industry, 46, 52, 64, 69 Pre-Soan industry, 38 Pudukkottai cists, 154 Pushkalāvatī (Chārsada), 17, 31, 172 ### [c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.21) Radiocarbon analysis (C14), 23, 69, 72, 83, 106, 142 Rājgir, 173 Raj Gonds, 151 Rājpur Parsu, copper hoard, 124 Rāmpūrwā Ashokan column, 178 Rangpur, 76, 82, 116, 137 f. Red Hills, Madras, terraces, 50, 54 Reddis, 90 Ṛgveda, 22, 113 Ring-wells or soak-pits, 130, 144 Rohri blade-industry, 81 Roman coins, 25, 32, 162 Roman trade, 33 Rosadi, Indus culture site, 117 Rostro-carinates, 48, 55, 56 Rouletted ware, 26, 31, 136 Routes, 16 f., 137, 139, 172 Rūpar, Indus culture site, 94 ### [c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.22) Sabarmati valley, 43, 54, 74 St. Thomas, 19 Sanganakallu, 85 Sankalia, H. D., 14, 73, 83, 190 Sankavaram sarcophagus, 154 Sārnāth Ashokan column, 25, 179 Sarcophagi, terracotta, 154, 156 Sargon of Akkad, 22 ### [c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.23) Seals, Indus Valley and Persian Gulf, 100, 107, 110 Seleukos, 171 Sharma, G. R., 14, 128, 190 Shishupālgarh, 31, 134 Shouldered hoes, 87 ff. Sil valley, 63 Singrauli basin, 44 Sirsa valley, 40 Smith, Vincent, 170 Soak-pits, see ring-wells Soan (Sohan) industries, 35 ff., 39 Solar-radiation, 23 Somnāth, Indus culture site, 94 Somrong Sen culture, 88 Son valley, 44 Sonepur axe-site, 85 Sothi culture, 124 Srinagar standing stones, 160 Subbarao, Professor B., 14, 20, 84, 85 Sukkur blade-industry, 81 Sutkagen-dor, Indus culture site, 94 Szechwan, 88, 89 ### [c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.24) Tamalites (see Tamluk) Tamluk (Tamralipti, Tamalites), 33, 135 Tanks, 163 Taxila, 30, 170, 171, 172, 173 Tekwaḍa, 146 Telmun or Dilmun (Bahrain?), 109 Telod, Indus culture site, 95 Teri sites, 76 Theobald, W., 60 Thomas, F. W., 170 Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), microliths, 76 Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli), urn-field, 160 Tiruvilvamala, 162 ### [c19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.25) Todd, Commander K. R. U., 66, 79 Trunnion-axe from Kurram, 115 ### [c19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.26) Ujjain, 142, 144, 166 Ukhlina, Indus culture site, 94 Umbrella-stones, 156 Upper Palaeolithic, 63 ff. Ur, 100, 106, 109 ### [c19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.27) Vadamadurai Tank, 50 ### [c19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.28) Victoria West industry, 48, 52, 55, 56 ### [c19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.29) Waghodur, 159 Woolley, Sir Leonard, 91 Worman, E. C., 84 ### [c19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.30) Yin dynasty shouldered axes, 88 ### [c19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1959.c19.31) Zeuner, Professor F. 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