[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.t2.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c14.s8.t2.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c14.s8.t2.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.s8.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.1) The Quaternary system in India has a far more varied development than all the earlier geological systems. It covers nearly 650000 sq km of n. India under river deposits (Ganga-Yamuna basin). Further there are long stretches of contemporaneous ice deposits in the Himalayas, desert and lateritic, littoral, lacustrine, riverine and subserial accumulations in other parts of the country. - [Previous: v1.c14.s8.t1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t1.5) - [Next: v1.c14.s8.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.2) - [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.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c14.s8.t2.1) · Pramāṇa