An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.131

v1.c26.131

Barkhera, Acheulian sites at, 285 Barkola (Dt Bankura), tool-yielding site at, 56 barley, 103, 104, 105, 109, *see also Hordeum vulgare* barley-based economy, Neolithic Chirand, 6 barley-wheat-based economy, Navdatoli, 6 Baroda, sprinklers from, 189 barracks, 162 Barudih, ¹⁴C dated Neolithic site, 170 Basauli, blades and burins at, 32 Basawal, polished celts and ringstones at, 52 basin, 76, 90, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 105, 128, 135, 141, 145, 153, 154, 231, 233, 235, 236, 240, 241, 244, 247, 249, 254, 257, 297 Basoda, 53 Bastar, rock-art sites in, 279 Bastar (Dt), megalithism in, 121; tin-bearing localities in, 328 baths and privies, 293-94 bath-rooms, 294 bathing ghat, 162 Baudh, remains of Buddhist art and architecture at, 160 *Baudhāyana Śulba-sūtra*, 294 *Bāveru-jātaka*, 140 Bawa-Pyara's Math (Junagadh), 301 Bayana, 118 beads, 66, 74, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 95, 98, 102, 104, 119, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 150, 153, 154, 157, 161, 166, 216-21, 264, 266, 267, 271, 272, 274, 275, 297, 321, 322, 323, 325, 327, 331, 343; agate, 120, 138; bone spacer, 122; carnelian, 51, 125; Carnelian barrel, 50; copper, 100, 101; faience, 195; gold, 78, 265; jasper, 195; necklace of, 224; pendants, 116; semiprecious stone, 163; 171, 172, 244; shell, 45, 125; steatite, 76, 78, 97, 99, 100, 106, 125, 265; steatite disc, 71; stone, 41, 42, 43, 107, 108, 122; stone and terracotta, 58; terracotta, 57, 109, 119, 122, 125, 137, 138 bead making, centres, 216, 217; industry, 100; process of, 218; techniques of, 216, 217 beaker, 90, 150, 231, 233, 239, 240, 244 beams, iron, 326 bear, 282 Beas river, 52, 206; Palaeolithic implements on, 22; valley, 213 Beas-Banganga valley, terraces at, 212 Beawar (Rajasthan), 30 Bedsa, rock cut *caityagṛhas* at, 300 Beehive Hill, midden in, 299 Begagund, menhirs at, 116; Neolithic culture at, 49 Begram, ivory plaques and a comb from, 346 Begumpet, pillar stones at, 123 Belan, 53; Acheulian trend in, 23; blade tools in, 32; faunal remains in, 308; Neolithic farming communities on, 53; shell samples from, 36, 170; tool-bearing deposits of, 35 Belan valley, 17; animal fossils in, 22, 28; blade-and-burin industry in, 17; bone harpoon from, 267; female figurines of bone from, 35, 352; hand-axe cleaver industries in, 29; Middle and Upper Palaeolithic awls/borers in, 176; Radiocarbon assay for shell from, 192 Belgaum (Dt), megalithic burial sites in, 124 Bellary, 28 Bellary (Dt), megalithic burial sites in, 124; painting and bruisings on rock-face at, 67 bell(s), 121, 136, 140, 153, 177 Beluti, black-and-red ware vase, bowl, etc., at, 237 Belwadag, Kushan coins at, 142 Ben, 52 Benfrey, 366 Bengal, 24, 301, 316, 367; faunal material in, 307; non-Mongoloid race in, 318; pit deposits of, 48; pollen with *Plantago* in, 48;