[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.c21.s18.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s18.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c21.s18.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.s18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18.2) Whetstones and hones appear simultaneously in the Harappa culture \[4.9\]. There is evidence that apart from these stones potsherds were used as sharpeners in the Harappa culture, Chalcolithic cultures of c. and w. India \[4.14.5, 6\] and the Neolithic-Chalcolithic cultures further s. \[4.6.9, 4.14.8\]. These have been described as edge-ground potsherds of indeterminate use and have been reported from KALIBANGAN, PRAKASH and HALLUR. - [Previous: v1.c21.s18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18.1) - [Next: v1.c21.s18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18.3) - [Up: v1.c21.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kālībangan](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kalibangan) - [Prakash](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.prakash) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c21.s18.2) · Pramāṇa