An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s1.t3.7

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(c) Godavari valley: One of the earliest discoveries of fossil vertebrates from the GODAVARI VALLEY is by Pilgrim, 1905, who reported the presence of *Elephas antiquus*, *Hippopotamus palaeindicus*, *Equus namadicus* and *Crocodylus*. Tripathy, 1967, collected *Bos namadicus*, *Bubalus palaeindicus*, *Equus namadicus*, *Hexaprotodon namadicus*, *Cervus* sp., *Palaeoloxodon namadicus*, *Stegodon insignis* and *Crocodylus* from the Godavari and its tributaries, the PRAVARA and Mula. Subsequently Sankalia, 1964, Joshi *et al.*, 1966, Rajaguru, 1968-9, and the author, 1973, discovered more fossils from various localities in association with Lower and Middle Palaeolithic [4.2, 3] tools. These studies made some significant additions to the faunal list, those of *Elephas hysudricus*, *Bubalus bubalis*, *Elephas maximus* and *Cervus duvauceli*.