History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c10.31

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There are at least three different sites in the Mayurbhañja State where Neoliths have been discovered in recent times. Two of these lie to the west of the Bāngidiposi hills and are therefore connected with Ranchi-Hazaribagh-Singbhum series. The only record of Neoliths in this particular area appeared in the newspaper some time ago when it was stated that on account of the erosion of the banks of the river Vaitaraṇī near Khiching a number of neoliths have been discovered ; but no trained Archæologist has visited this area nor have these implements been examined or described by any competent authority. On the road from Baripada to Bisai (32 miles) the Bāngidiposi is crossed after the 32nd mile. This road goes straight to Rairangpur on the Tatanagar-Badampahar branch of the B. N. Railway. Another road from Bisai branches to the south-west and reaches Karanja 75 miles from Baripada. Mr. Paramananda Acharya, B. Sc., Senior State Archæological scholar of the Mayurbhañja State pointed out some excavactions for road repairs on the section between Manada and Jasipur where neoliths were discovered about two to three feet below the surface. According to Mr. Acharya these neoliths consist of rough cherts or scrapers and celts or bouchers of the same type as those discovered subsequently at Baidyapur. Nobody well-versed in prehistoric archæology has yet seen or described the prehistoric discovered on the Manada-Jasipur road or those revealed by the erosion on the bank the Vaitaraṇī.