[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.c20.s2.3 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s2.3 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c20.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2.3) The skeletal remains of the n.-w. Neolithic culture \[4.6.1\] as typified at BURZAHOM belong to a tall, sturdy, dolichocephalic people similar in features to the present-day people of the Kashmir valley. In the Deccan the Neolithic people \[4.6.8-9\] were of robust construction, with large heads and a tall stature as at PIKLIHAL. They could be the ancestors of a major element of the present mixed Dravidian-speaking people of the Deccan and s. India. The Neolithic cattle-keepers of TEKKALAKOTA were of medium-to-tall stature and sturdy build and were long-headed, with a large cranial capacity and variable nose form (Malhotra, 1965). The Neolithic skulls from NAGARJUNAKONDA were long. - [Previous: v1.c20.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2.2) - [Next: v1.c20.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2.4) - [Up: v1.c20.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Nāgārjunakoṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nagarjunakonda) - [Burzahom](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.burzahom) - [Tekkalakota](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.tekkalakota) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c20.s2.3) · Pramāṇa