[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.c14.s8.t2.14 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c14.s8.t2.14 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c14.s8.t2.14 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.s8.t2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.14) The Quaternary in peninsular India, particularly that of the c. region, is marked dominantly by fluvial processes. Far removed from the sub-Himalayan glacial and periglacial zones and lying s. of the Tropic of Cancer, this region never witnessed glaciation any time during the Pleistocene. However the effect of the n. glaciation must have been felt in the area causing variation in the amount of rainfall-and developing land-forms entirely due to fluvial processes of degradation and aggradation. The exact relationship of the glaciation and pluviation (high rainfall) changes during the Quaternary is not yet firmly established. - [Previous: v1.c14.s8.t2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.13) - [Next: v1.c14.s8.t2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.15) - [Up: v1.c14.s8.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.14) · Pramāṇa