Early India and Pakistan to Ashoka c7.7

c7.7

Microlithic elements occurred in the overlying silt, above a considerable intervening deposit devoid of artifacts; but the Upper Pravara as a whole showed no specifically microlithic trend, and a vaguely Aurignacian facies can be claimed for it without emphasis. It shows some analogy with earlier phases of the Kenya Capsian or Aurignacian, and may in fact be the forerunner of an equivalent Indian development. It is at least sufficient to encourage further search for a true Upper Palaeolithic phase in the Indian succession.