An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.130

v1.c26.130

Baluchistan, 1, 2, 69, 70, 72, 73, 78, 79, 166-67, 229, 312, 327; agricultural products in, 319; cairn burials of, 115; *Caprahircus* in, 3; dating the post-Harappa cultures in, 167; Kulli-Mehi cultures of, 76; Nal-Nundara culture of, 76; pottery in, 229; pre-Harappa culture in, 75; rubble structure in, 115; silver ores from, 327 Bamni, blade tools at, 32 Ban Asuria, tool-yielding sites at, 56 Ban Chiang (Thailand), 110 Banahalli, digging stick weights at, 319 Banas culture, 56, 94, 96, 97, 101, 103; black-and-red ware in 234-35; bull figurines in, 338; ¹⁴C dates from, 101; dating of, 170; time-spreads of, 170; tool repertoire of 324; ware, 193, 250 Banas system, Gravel II of, 30 Banas valley, agricultural colonizers of, 97; Ahar culture in, 95; black-and-red ware in, 102 Banavasi, brick-fortifications at, 150; *caityas* and *stūpas* at, 149, 150; early historical settlement at, 291; tiles at, 296 Banawali, 79; bath-rooms at, 293; copper and bronze razors at, 186; dating of, 170; fish-hooks from, 178; fortifications at, 297; Harappa settlement at, 289; inscribed objects at, 361; pottery at, 231; pre-Harappa cultures at, 231; Sothi ware at, 228; Sothi/Kalibangan relics at, 71 Banda, 30; rock art sites at, 279 *Bandicoota* sp., 311 Banerjee, N.R., 110, 112, 115 Banerjee, R.D., 79 Baneswar Danga, vase, bowls, etc., at, 237 Bangalore and Bombay, evidence of submerged forests around, 215 Bangalore (Dt), Megalithic burial sites in, 124 Banganga river, 52, 206; choppers and hand-axe cleavers on, 21; Palaeolithic implements on, 22; valley, 206 Bangarh, 57, 290; antimony rods at, 342; bone arrowheads at, 354; cart models prepared from moulds at, 336; copper kohl sticks at, 342; evidence of tiles from, 296; Gupta and post-Gupta settlements at, 290; knives at, 181, 356; NBPW at, 252; ring-wells at, 306; stone axes at, 56; tiles at, 296 Bangladesh, 56, 290 Bangle(s), 74, 77, 83, 85, 88, 89, 93, 96, 99, 101, 102, 109, 126, 128, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 224, 265, 267, 321, 322, 323, 327, 331; clay, 78; copper, 100, 125, 138; copper-bronze, 120; faience, 90, 91; glass, 108, 137, 220, 244; gold, 98; shell, 138, 163; terracotta, 71, 77, 138 Bankura region, digging-stick weights in, 319; fossils from, 209 Bara, ¹⁴C dates, 170; culture, 91; late Harappa sites at, 289; pottery of, 71, 78; Ware, 228, 229, 231 Barabar (Dt Gaya), rock-cut caves at, 299 Barabelun, Chalcolithic sites at, 99 Barachhira, rock painting from, 279 Bara Mahal, supply of variant raw material in, 68 *barasingha*, 47, 99; antlers of, 51; *see also Cervus duvauceli* Cuvier Barbar culture, 166 barbs, 35 Barda, Neolithic sites at, 58 Bardia hill (Bhadar valley), ¹⁴C dated, 170 Bargabhima temple site, wooden fragments from, 143 Bargaon, Brahmanical temple at, 153; bull-headed toy carts at, 338; chalcolithic settlement at, 95; copper ring or bangle at, 93; Harappa pottery at, 91; late Harappa ware at, 94; late Harappa level weights from, 190; oval terracotta cakes from, 188; stratigraphic continuity at, 289 Bargur factory site, 68 Bariari, 23 Bariyari, blade tools at, 32 Barji, Megalithic pottery at, 243