[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.c26.249 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.249 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.249 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c26.249.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249.1) \*Kharaposta\* (\*kharaosta\*), 369 Kharauni terraces, pebble, choppers and unworked flakes on, 22 Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions, 14, 360, 368-69; Khalatse (Ladakh), 369; Khawat (Afghanistan), 369; Mohenjo-daro (Sind), 369; Tirath (Surat), 369 Kharwai, painted rock-shelters at, 279 Khasi Hills, ground stone axes in, 59; Megalithic monuments of, 120 Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Megalithic structures in, 120 Khatri, 23 Khawat (Afghanistan), Kharoṣṭhī inscription from, 369 Khedi, 53 Khera, cairns at, 116 Khetri, copper mines of, 290 Khiching, 160, 161 Khijjinga-kotta, 161 Khirthar, 72 Khokrakot, 6, 11; cast coins minted at, 11; coin mould from, 11, 329; \*Oryza\* (rice) at, 6; \*Pisum arvense\* at, 8 Khotanese, 368 Khuntabir, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Khunti area, baked-brick houses at, 132; Neolithic sites in, 58; remains of iron-smelting at, 132 Khunti subdivision, Asura sites in, 293 Khuntitoli, burial site at, 293; evidence of pit at, 120 Khurda (Dt Nagaur), Copper Hoards from, 195, 201 Khyad, 20; Acheulian tools at, 285; hand-axes, cleaver and pebble tools at, 25; hand-axe cleaver industry at, 20 Kia-lu (or Kia-lu-she-ti), 368, 369 Kile Gul Mohammad, 78; animal remains from, 47; cattle domesticated at, 47; Damb Sadaat, 75; \*Equus hemionus\* at, 47; goat domesticated at, 47; Kechi Beg polychrome ware of, 76; mud brick houses at, 75; Neolithic phase of, 166; parallel-sided chert blades at, 75; ### [v1.c26.249.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249.2) sheep domesticated at, 47 Kilkundah, dolmens at, 12 Kinnarkheda, Prabhas Ware from, 238 Kirari, \*Bessia Latifolia\* Roxb. (\*mahua\*) at, 8; \*Madhuka latifolia\* Gmel. Syn (\*mahua\*), at, 9 Kirman area, 69 Kirnahar, black-and-red ware vase and bowl at, 237 Kish, burial at, 86; Harappa seals and sealings at, 166; Sargonid levels of, 77; stone house-urns at, 87 kitchen middens (shell mounds), 298-99 knife, 37, 40, 43, 45, 84, 85, 90, 98, 109, 110, 125, 128, 136, 140, 142, 147, 150, 154, 181, 198, 324, 331, 333, 334; copper, 43, 76, 204; Harappa, 349; Later Periods, 354-56; stone, 118 knife-blades, 136, 358 Knorozov, 362, 363, 364 Koban culture, 195; antennae sword of, 355 Kochi, 367 Kodekal, 4; animal remains from, 47; ash-mound at, 292, ¹⁴C dates for, 65, 67, 170; domesticated horse at, 4; existence of buffalo at, 47; pecked and ground stone tools and blade industry at, 65, pottery from, 227, \*Zizyphus vulgaris\* at, 7 Koilariha, chalcolithic sites at, 98; pottery at, 244; transitional megaliths at, 244 Kolar (Dt), megalithic burial sites in, 124 Koldihawa, bone arrowheads from 98; ¹⁴C-date for, 98; ¹⁴C dated time spreads of, 170; chalcolithic site at, 98; farming communities around, 53; knife from, 98; megaliths at, 244; Neolithic culture at, 44, 53, \*Oryza\* (rice) at, 6; pottery at, 98, 244; wattle and daub structures at, 98 Kolhapur, bead-making centre at, 217; bone arrowheads at, 354; coloured glass from, 219; glass beads at, 218, \*Oryza\* (rice) at, 6; querns from, 185; ### [v1.c26.249.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249.3) Roman objects at, 148; stone mortars at, 186, terracotta and kaolin figurines at, 341 Kollipaka, canals and sluices at, 296 Kollur, sarcophagus at, 275 Konark, Sun temple at, 161 Kondane, rock-cut \*caityagrhas\* at, 300 Kondapur, bead-making centre at, 217; Buddhist settlement at, 291; bullae at, 177; coin moulds from, 11, 329; gargoyle (\*makara\*) amulets at, 261; handmade figurines at, 180; medallions from, 177; nude goddess at, 269; Russet-coated Painted Ware at, 258; settlement at, 291; terracotta and kaolin figurines at, 339, 341; terracotta discs at, 179; terracotta pendants from, 223 Kondi, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Kondivte, knives from, 181, 356; rock-cut \*caityagrhas\* at, 300 Kondungallur, early historical culture at, 150 Konkan, 19 Koragal, channel at, 296 Korat, graffito-marked pottery from, 359 Korkai, black polished ware at, 151; early historical culture at, 150; settlement at, 291 Korkai, evidence of tiles from, 296 Kortalayar, basin, 31; river, 208 Kos Kangarha, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Kot Diji, 76, 77, 78, 79, 229, 232; early levels of, 72; fire at, 72; fortifications at, 88; fortified pre-Harappa settlement at, 71; leaf-shaped stone arrowheads at, 77; mud-brick defence wall at, 77; pre-Harappa uncalibrated dates from, 78; toy-cart frames at, 77 Kot Diji-Sothi complex, 72, 73 Kota, 128 Kotasur, 100, 237; relics at, 143 Koth, evidence of flood at, 202 Kotia, ¹⁴C dates for, 112, 119; Iron Age cists of, 115; iron adzes from, 177; megaliths at, 244; ### [v1.c26.249.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249.4) monuments at, 119; pottery at, 244, 246 Kotia Khajuri, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Kotivarṣa, 143; remains of brick structures at, 157 Kotla Nihang Khan, 79; Bara Ware at, 228; Harappa culture at, 90; mud and burnt brick at, 90 Kotyarka, 155 Kovalli, 27 Krishna basin, settlement in, 300 Krishna river, 21; Acheulian implements from, 25; implementiferous deposits from, 75 Krishna valley, animal fossils in, 22; art of, 172; ash-mounds in, 293, faunal material in, 310; fossil evidence from, 310; rubble structures in, 162; Russet-coated Painted Ware in, 259; terraces in, 213 Krishna-Tungabhadra valley, ash-mounds in, 292; Russet-coated Painted Ware in, 259 Krishna Deva, 137, 153, 251 Krishna, M.H., 124 Krishna Rao, 354, 362 Krishnaswami, V.D., 112, 127, 166 Krishnaswami \*et al.\*, 23 Ksatrapa coin, 145, 146, 172, 196, 297 Ktesias, accounts of, 325 Kuchai, 61; evidence from, 165; Neolithic occupation at, 45; settlements at, 291 Kuchera, cairn circles at, 118 Kudachi, ash-mounds at, 292 Kundige, cist and pit circles at, 124 Kudutani, millet (\*Holocus sorgum\*) in, 66 Kukrakhopi, Neolithic sites at, 56 Kulhade-ka-Johad, historical settlement at, 290 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c26.249) · Pramāṇa