An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.252

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Ladakh, 3; Buddhist monasteries in, 289; megaliths in, 111 Ladi, 367 ladles, 136, 189 Lagash, seals of Indus style at, 84; stone house-urns at, 87 Lahchura, choppers and chopping tools near, 23 Laitkor, 120 Laitlyngkot, 120; table stones at, 120 lake-shores, Mesolithic, 39 Lakhabaval, Prabhas Ware from, 238; settlement at, 290; transformation of Harappa culture at, 90 Lakhajuar, 281, 282 Lakhiyopir (Sind), PGW in, 241 Lakṣmi, ivory figure of, 348 Lal, B.B., 74, 88, 116, 242, 325, 350, 351, 352, 359, 363, 364 Lal and Thapar, 198, 251 Lal Qila, arrowhead at, 93; copper and terracotta bangles at, 224; crucibles from, 321; dating of, 174; evidence of mud houses at, 93; female figurines at, 267, 340; hopscotches at, 179; human figurines from, 340; net-sinkers at, 183; OCW at, 93, 94, 174, 230, 289; pendant at, 93; pottery at, 74, 93, 94, 230; rice and barley at, 94; settlement at, 289; sling-balls of, 187; terracotta gaming pieces from, 179; thermoluminescence dates of, 175 Lalapur, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Lalgarh, Neolithic sites at, 56 Lalitagiri, 160 *Lalitavistara*, 368 Lalitpur, Acheulian workshop near, 23; factory sites from, 22; hand-axe cleaver industries from, 20 Lam (Dt Guntur), pit circles at, 123 Lamberg-Karlovsky, C.C., 69 Lampong and Radjang scripts (Batak), 368 lamp, 125, 148, 150, 153, 154, 181-82, 341; handled, 122 lances, 111, 121, 138, 140 lancehead, 357; Harappa, 350 Landa, 367 Langhnaj, 2, 4, 5, 44, 61, 64, 354; animal remains from, 37, 316;

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arrowhead at, 43, 354; awls from, 176; axes at, 45; beads of dentalium shell from, 45, 216, 219; bones of rhinoceros at, 68; *Bos namadicus* bones at, 2, 308; burial at, 42, 265; canid remains from, 4; ¹⁴C-dated time-spreads of, 170; charred pig bones at, 5; copper knife at, 43, 354; fauna from, 39; faunal evidence from, 315-16; horn cores from, 316; human remains at, 316; hunting of *barasingha* and rhinoceros at, 41; Mesolithic sites at, 37, 41; microlithic habitation of, 316; perforated heavy discoid stone at, 41; ring stones at, 45, 277; saddled querns from, 184; scapula of *Rhinoceros univornis* at, 315; skeletal remains of animals at, 315-16; skeletons from, 317; small-sized wedge-shaped sandstone pieces at, 45 Langhnaj group, fossil sand-dunes of, 203 Langur, 282 Lanjwada, Russet-coated Painted Ware at, 258 Lao script (n. Siam), 368 Lapari, Megalithic pottery in, 243 Larsa date, 87 Lassen, 366 late Harappa culture, 72, 104, 233; animal figurines in, 338; domestic horse in, 4; gold from, 326; meceheads from, 350; ovens in, 183, 184; pottery in, 18, 91, 104, 202, 233-34, 359; querns in, 185; script in, 364 late historical, *Dalbergia sissoo* Roxb. (*sissoo*) at, 8; *Holarrhena antidysenterica* at, 9 late Neolithic culture, 77; *Phaseolus mungo* in, 8 Late Pleistocene, 27, 28, 32, 35, 36, 165, 308, 311; arid phase of, 207; faunal remains from, 34; Palaeolithic settlements in, 204 Late Quaternary period, pollen-analytical work from, 194 Late Sohan industry, 165;

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Punjab, 27, 28 Late Tertiary period, Cuddalore formation of, 208 laterites, 130, 204, 207, 209 *Lathyrus sativus* (*kesari, mattari*), 8 *Lathyrus sphaericus*, 8 Lauriya-Araraj, monolithic column at, 299 Lauriya-Nandangarh, 268; gold leaves embossed with mother goddess figure at, 263; monolithic column at, 299; *stūpas* at, 294, 299 Lazimi, tools at, 59 le Mesurier, H.P., 118 lead metallurgy, 326-27 lead technology, 327 legumes (pulses), 7-8, 103 Leh valley, megaliths in, 116; slabbed cist at, 115 Lekhahia, animal remains from, 37; blade and burins at, 32; ¹⁴C-dated time-spreads of, 170; iron arrowheads at, 43; sequence of industries at, 45 Lempaka, canals and sluices at, 296 *Lens culinaris* (lentil, *masur*), 8, 103, 104, 105, 122, 198, 319 leopard, 251, 282 Lepcha character, 368 Lepsius, 366 *Leptobos*, 307; *Leptobos frazeri*, 308 *Lepus nigricollis*, 311 *Lepus nigricollis* Cuvier (Indian hare), 314 Leshnik, L.S., 115, 128, 198, 297 Levallois, and blade-detaching techniques, 31; element, 30, 31; flake, 23, 24, 30, 198;-Mousterian culture, 28; technique, 25, 31, 332 Levi, 369 lid, 127, 128, 135, 137, 142, 152, 154; funnel-shaped, 125; inkpot-typed, 131, knobbed, 119; -cum-bowl, 131 Liddar valley, 206, 213, tools found in, 19 *Linum usitatissimum* (linseed, *alsi*), 7, 8, 105 lion, 261 lithic, 36, 114, 118; artefacts, 34; assemblage, 246; blade tool industry, 34, 102, 106; blade tool technology, 32; cultures (Africa), 19, industry, 32, 101, 102, 206, 298;

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tradition, 23, 30 livestock, 1, 7, 197, 198 locks and keys, 182 Lodhwara, Acheulian and pebble tools from, 23; factory sites near, 36 Lohamancharu, dolmenoid cist at, 123 Lohgarh, 91 Lohit (Arunachal Pradesh), ground and polished stone tools from, 59 Lohumjo-daro, silt deposits at, 202 Lokhimi, tools at, 59 Lonamati, Megalithic pottery at, 243 Londo ware, 167 Longhurst, 292 Loralai valley, Baluchi culture of, 232; pre-Harappa culture in, 75 Lorka, 53 Lothal, 6, 8, 9, 77, 80, 82, 87, 89, 215, 267, 290, 339, 361, *Acacia* Sp at, 8; acropolis at, 304; *Adina cordifolia* Hook f. at, 8; *Albizzia* Sp at, 8; animal figurines from, 338; anthropomorphic figure at, 74, 93, 94; as a port, 82; as principal marketing centre, 84; bath-rooms at, 293, bead from, 195, 218, 331; bead maker's workshop at, 217; black-and-red ware at, 90, 234; bone arrowheads at, 354; bone and ivory dice from, 178; brick-paved privies with soakage jars at, 294, bronze mirror from, 347, bull with small hump at, 338; bun-shaped coper ingot from, 195; burial at, 107, 266; cart frames from, 180, 335; channel-spouted bowls from, 188; copper amulet from, 195; copper and bronze awls at, 176; copper and bronze razors at, 186; copper and bronze saws at, 186; copper celt from, 351; copper slag from, 328; crucibles from, 320; dating of, 170; dockyard at, 297, 302; domesticated horse at, 4; double-axe from, 352, 354; evidence of kiln from, 217, 330; excavations at, 202; faience objects from, 321; fire altars at, 264;

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fire-worship at, 264; fish-hooks from, 178; flood evidence at, 202; fortification wall at, 80, furnace at, 321; game-boards at, 179; gamesmen at, 277; gaming pieces from, 179; gold ornaments from, 224, 326; graffito-marked pottery from, 359; graves at, 86, 266; Harappa Ware at, 231; hopscotches of, 179; indirect evidence of cotton from, 335; Micaceous Red Ware at, 73, 230, miniature mummy at, 339, mould for manufacturing needle at, 183; necklace from, 224; net-sinkers at, 183; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; 'Persian Gulf' seal at, 69, 84, 166, 196; pottery at, 229, 320, pre-Harappa ware at, 229; rattles from, 180; rice husks at, 319; rotary querns from, 185; scales from, 84, 187; scales with graded linear measurement from, 191; sex symbol from, 277; shell compass from, 187; silver bangles from, 327; sling-balls from, 187; *Soymida febrifuga* Adr. Juss at, 9; spindle whorls at, 187; *Tectona grandis* L.F. (teak) at, 9; terracotta animal figurines at, 83; terracotta boats from, 336; terracotta cakes at, 188, 264; terracotta male figures from, 195; terracotta plumbbobs from, 187; town-planning at, 79; toy-cart wheel at, 337; transitional cultures at, 90; vessels from, 188, 189; water reservoirs at, 302; weights from, 190; wells at, 303, 304; wheeled toys from, 180 Lotus sphaericus, 8 Lower Danube, 167 Lower Eocene, 312 Lower Ganga region, 16 Lower Ganga valley, 110; chisels from, 178 Lower Ladakh, engravings from, 283 Lower Narmada Group, Boulder Conglomerate, 308;

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fauna of, 308 Lower Palaeolithic, 39, 57, 354 Lower Palaeolithic culture, 17, 18-26, 27, 28, 39; Acheulian tools in, 208; artefacts from, 192, 286; cave sites of, 22; Chota Nagpur region, 24-25; eastern region, 24-25; industries, 22, 24; man, 286; Middle Pleistocene, 19; n.-e. Deccan, 24-25; settlement pattern, 285; Siwalik region, 22-23; southern region, 25-26; stone tools in, 331; techno-typological stages of, 24; tools, 21, 22, 27, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212, 309; Upper Pleistocene, 19; upper, s.-e and lower Deccan, 25; Vindhyan region, 23-24; western region, 24 Lower Pleistocene, Palaearctic wild boar of, 5 Lower Pleistocene Age, 206; fauna, 307 Lower town, 79, 80, 81, 88 Lu and Hkun characters (Lao script), 368 Lubbock, J., 58 Ludhiana (Dt), 91 Ludwig, 369 Lumbini, monastic establishment at, 299 lunate(s), 46, 66, 101, 103, 107, 332, 333 Luni, Stone Age culture in, 198, gravel formations in, 286; system, 200 Luni valley, awls and borers in, 176 Lunkaransar lake, absolute dating of, 194; palynological studies in, 198 Luristan (Iran), 350 Lustrous Red Ware, 73, 90, 95, 102, 103, 104, 231, 234, 238-39, 272, 290, 296; culture, 104 Lyall, 121 Lydekker, R., 310, 311