An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s23.1

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Spherical missiles of stone or terracotta, sling-balls were thrown by the complicated technique of releasing by means of slings, double-stringed bows or catapults or simply by hand. Their antiquity goes back to the Upper Palaeolithic times in Europe, but usually they are found in the Mesolithic levels there. In Iran they are found at the Chalcolithic or Bronze Age sites. In India they have been reported from the Harappa [4.9] sites of LOTHAL, KALIBANGAN and SURKOTADA and the Neolithic [4.6] site of CHIRAND. They occur in the Chalcolithic [4.14] levels of GILUND, NEVASA and BRAHMAGIRI, as well as in the OCW [4.12] levels of LAL QILA and SAIPAI. They have also been reported from the historical levels of RAJGHAT⁴. TUMAIN and Bhagalpur. [See 19.1.8.]