[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c12.s1.4 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c12.s1.4 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c12.s1.4 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1.4) Radiocarbon assay for shells from the BELAN valley, and from the Bhima and TAPTI valleys date the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic stage \[4.4\] to c. 20000 B.P. For the Mesolithic period \[4.5\], ¹⁴C dates of charred bones from the primary sites of BAGOR and ADAMGARH and the chronostratigraphic evidence of artefacts in a ferruginized dune (\*teri\*) \[9.5\] which occurs as a raised (+6 m) shore-line in Dt Tirunelveli have placed these cultures to c. 7000 to 6000 B.P. - [Previous: v1.c12.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1.3) - [Next: v1.c12.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1.5) - [Up: v1.c12.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bagor](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bagor) - [Adamgarh](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.adamgarh) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c12.s1.4) · Pramāṇa