An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.214

v1.c26.214

Brahmagiri, 114, 126, 129, 317; Andhra levels iron saws at, 186; bangles and pins from, 66; beads at, 220; bronze bell at, 177; bronze finger ring from, 66; bronze pin from, 107; burial at, 125, 266; burnished grey ware of, 103; *caityas* and *stūpas* at, 150; ceramic tradition in, 106; Chalcolithic sling-balls at, 187; channel-spouted bowls at, 188; cists at, 112, 123; cists and pit circles at, 124; clay animal figurines from, 339; conical vessel and tulip-shaped vase from, 247; door-slab at, 126; early historical settlement at, 291; early historical terracotta disc at, 179; flat copper axes from, 107; flat rectangular axes from, 66; gamesmen from, 179; gold bangles from, 224; historical period bone awls from, 176; hoes at, 181; human remains at, 317; iron axes from, 177; iron knives at, 181; iron sickles at, 187; iron weapons at, 126; Megalithic level chisels of iron from, 178; megaliths at, 165; orthostats at, 112; pointed-butted polished celt from, 69; pottery at, 227, 247; presence of ass from, 47; pulses and oilseeds at, 319; rattles from, 180; Rouletted Ware at, 168, 258; Russet-coated Painted Ware at, 111, 128, 258, 259; skeletal remains at, 126; Stone Axe culture at, 165 Brahmanabad (Sind), ring-well at, 306; well at, 305 Brahmanical divinities, stone plaques of, 154 Brahmanical establishments, 299 Brahmanism, 161 Brahmapuri, aquatic animals from, 276; arrowheads from, 353; birds on rims at, 278; bowl of bronze at, 188; bronze Poseidon statuette from, 196; bronze wine jug at, 196; bullae at, 177; candlestick base from, 195; coins at, 171; early historical iron nails from, 183; early historical toy models from, 180, 336; glass objects from, 195; handmade figurines at, 180; javelin heads from, 357; knives from, 355; lamps on rims at, 277; mirrors at, 347, 348; mother goddess at, 278; ornaments at, 223; ovens at, 184; remains of rubble structures at, 162; snakes in relief at, 278; spearheads from, 353; spouted vessels from, 188; sprinklers at, 189; steps at, 277; terracotta pendants from, 223; tiles at, 296; votive tank at, 277, 278 Brahmaputra valley, *Elephas namadicus* from, 209; late Pleistocene deposits containing fossils from, 209; political history of, 157 Brāhmī, 13, 14, 138, 145, 174, 222, 295; alphabet, 292; script, 131, 149, 173, 251, 365-68, 369; seals, 359 Braidwood, R.J., 17 Braidwood, R.J. and Home, B., 43 Brak, Sargonid levels of, 77 bricks, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 104, 128, 134, 137, 138, 139, 172, 174, 179, 264; kiln-burnt, 80, 131, 171; mud, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 86, 90, 107, 109, 137, 138, 140, 145, 153, 266, 267 bridle-bit(s), 336 Bristle-cone pine dating, 6 Broach, evidence from, 291; gamesmen from, 179; settlement at, 291 Bronze Age, 7, 85 Bronze Age culture, 18 bronze, objects, 111; tablets, 360; tools, 77, 324 brooches, 136 *Bubalus* 307 *Bubalus bubalis* (buffalo), 1, 2-3, 28, 83, 84, 109, 211, 251, 282, 308, 314, 315, 362; fossils of, 309 *Babalus palaeindicus*, 2, 308; fossils of, 309 *Bubalus platyceros*, 205 Buchanan, 204 *Buchananialanzan* (*chalaunji*), 7 Buddha Pushkar (Ajmer), 207, 286; blade industry at, 33; ¹⁴C-dates at, 201; tool bearing deposits in, 35; weathered soil at, 286 Buddhism, 131, 132, 133, 149, 153, 160, 161, 162, 252; Māhāyāna, 160, 163 Buddhist, establishments, 132, 145, 149, 299-300; monastery, 289, 346, 360; monastic settlements, 299; monuments, 132; remains, 289, 291; *stūpas*, 270 Budditittu, head-rests at, 267; Megalithic grave pottery at, 320 Budihal (Dt Gulbarga), ash-mound at, 292 buff-and-cream ware culture, 104 buff-coloured kaolin pottery, 157 buff-slipped ware, 145