Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c6.s2.14

c6.s2.14

Farther south, in Rajasthan and Mālwā, a number of sites in the valleys of the Chambal river and its tributaries, particularly in Chitorgarh district, have produced Palaeolithic assemblages which seem to fall stratigraphically into two series.¹⁴ The earlier of these, Series I, included handaxes and cleavers of the Madras industry in association with Clactonian flakes and choppers of the Soan industry. A later gravel contained Series II, characterized by Levallois flakes with prepared striking-platforms, and hollow and blade-scrapers, but devoid alike of choppers and handaxes. The occurrence of occasional flake-tools of Series II in deposits of Series I suggested to the explorers a more or less continuous occupation with changing needs and modes. Away to the east, the Jumna valley in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh is reported to have produced a comparable tool-sequence in so far as handaxes were followed by Levallois flakes, but apparently without the admixture of Soan choppers.