An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.343

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Naga Hills, 59 Nagal, antimony rods at, 342; black-and-red ware culture at, 203; disc at, 179; evidence of flood at, 203; ivory combs at, 345; settlement at, 291 Nagaland, 58, 59; Angami area of, 120; Megalithic culture in, 120; Nagas of, 358 Nagar, 109, 137, 138, 153; dabbers from, 154; Durgā or Mahiṣamardini figures at, 154; glazed sherds from, 154; Harappa culture at, 90; PGW at, 91; temples at, 155; terracotta plaques of Mahiṣāsuramardini from, 269; township of, 154; votive tank at, 277; *yakṣı* from, 138 Nagara, 138, 155, 209, 367; centres of trade at, 138, 139; copper bell from, 177; copper nails at, 183; dating of 174; flat horn comb from, 346; flattened bezel from, 223; glassy slag from, 328; inscription in Brāhmī at, 174; knives at, 181, 356; ovens at, 184; sickles at, 187; spearheads from, 357 Nagarī, 137, 138, 153; Acheulian tools at, 285; antimony rod at, 342, copper kohl sticks at, 342; gamesmen from, 179; handled vessels from, 189; historical settlements at, 290; *pradakṣinapatha* at, 137; ring-wells at, 305, spouts at, 188; stone fortification at, 154; stone *toraṇa* at, 154; tiles at, 296 Nagarjunakonda, 2, 20, 31, 32, 45, 61, 64, 123, 132, 148, 149, 162, 227, 266, 291, 302; amphitheatre at, 292; animal remains from, 47, ass at, 4; bone implements at, 46; bones of wild and domestic species at, 2; bone relic from, 271; bowls from, 188, 265; buffalo at, 47; bullae at, 177; burials at, 123, 247, 266, burnished grey ware at, 63; canal at, 296; cart models at, 336;

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cart tracts at, 336. casket at, 291; *chāyā-stambhas* at, 262, 269; cist at, 123; citadel at, 298; cleavers at, 20; coins at, 163, 172; copper-plates at, 163; crucibles from, 321; *dhvaja stambhas* at, 262; dwelling-pits at, 68, 302; ear-rings from, 327; fish-hooks from, 178; fortification at, 298; game-boards from, 179; *ghāts* at, 298; gold foil beads from, 326; ground-stone tools at, 46; handmade pale red ware at, 46; inscriptions at, 172; Lower Palaeolithic phase of 25; masons' marks at, 295; megaliths at, 148; metal objects from, 196; microliths at, 46; monastic establishments at, 162, 300; Neolithic cemetery at, 123; nude goddess at, 269; pit circles at, 123; rotary querns at, 185; *śaṅkhas* from, 265; *satī*-stones at, 270; skulls from, 123, 317; spouted vessels from, 188; spotted deer at, 47; Stone Age cultures at, 45; *stūpas* at, 291; terracotta and kaolin figurines at, 341; terracotta disc from, 179; terracotta flat tablets from, 190; tiles at, 296; tool types at, 68; toy-models from, 180; votive tanks from, 277; weighing rod at, 190 Nagarjunakonda valley, tools from, 37 Nagarjuni, rock-cut caves at, 299 Nagas, 101, 358; Lhota, 59; Sema, 59 Nagaur, 118; Megalithic remains near, 116 Nagda, 6; antimony rods at, 242; copper and soapstone finger rings from, 222; ear-cleaner at, 342; gamesmen from, 179; hoes from, 181; iron-bearing levels at, 110; iron chisels from, 178; iron ladles at, 189; iron objects at, 110, 146; ivory combs at, 345; ivory figurines at, 268;

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ivory plaquettes from, 263; Malwa Ware at, 239; microliths from, 109; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; settlement at, 291; sickles at, 187; terracotta disc at, 179; Vesiculated Ware at, 257; wheel at, 180; wheeled toys at, 336 *nāgī* figurines, 338 Nagpur (Dt), stone circles in, 121 Nagvand, round barrow at, 126 *Naigameṣa* figurines, 136 Naikund, burial site at, 121; furnace at, 122; habitational mound at, 122 nail, 108, 109, 110, 121, 128, 136, 140, 142, 145, 147, 150, 153, 157, 163, 183, 296, 325, 327 nail-parer, 108, 121, 122, 136 Nal, 75, 232; culture, 167; flat axes, chisels, knives at, 76; -Nundara culture, 76 Nala Sopara, 209; lamps on rims at, 277; votive tank at, 277 Nālagarh, 30; choppers and hand-axe cleavers at, 21; terraces from, 22 Nalanda, 156, 294; bronzes from, 325, 326; bronze inkpot from, 359; bronze-smelting furnace at, 157; coins at, 156, 172; copper-plate at, 172; glass objects from, 323; locks and keys from, 182; monastery site at, 172; monastic sealings in, 173; moulds at, 11, 156; *pūjā-vigrahas* from, 263; settlements at, 300; stone sculpture at, 156; stuccos at, 156; temples at, 294; terracotta tablets at, 152; wells at, 305 Nalgonda (Dt), 31 Namazga (Turkmenia), 70 Nanakanthur, implements at, 23 Nandalalpura, settlement at, 290 Nandi terraces, pebble tools from, 23 Nandipakkam, implements from, 37 Nandur-Madhmeshwar, flake-tool assemblage at, 26 Nandura, 53 Nanoor, black-and-red ware at, 100, 237;

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chalcolithic site of, 99 Naqada, spindle-whorls from, 187 Narain and Roy, 253 Narasingpur (Dt), 121, 279 Narmada, 52, 211; early Sohan of, 165; handaxes of, 20; Stone Age culture of, 308; -Tapti valleys, 102 Narmada basın, alluvial deposits of, 307; Lower Palaeolithic industries of, 24; Malwa Ware in, 239; Middle Palaeolithic implements in, 30; Pleistocene deposits from, 279; Pleistocene remains from, 23 Narmada region, Pleistocene in, 164; Stone Age material in, 164, 165 Narmada river, 12, 207; tools in, 313 Narmada valley, 2, 27, 30, 208, 211, 311, 313; animal fosssils in, 22, 207; culture, 53; fossils from, 310; Middle Pleistocene faunal evidence from, 307; palaeontological studies in, 311; rock-shelter in, 21; Stone Age site in, 213; Upper Pleistocene deposits in, 312; vertebrate fossils from, 308 Nartiang, monoliths and table stones at, 120 Nasik, 25, 103, 148, 189, 260; antimony rods at, 147, 342; arrowheads at, 352; beads from, 219; brick-lined wells at, 305; caltrops from, 147, 358; Celadon Ware at, 260; coins at, 171, 172; coloured glass from, 219; copper kohl sticks at, 342; crucibles from, 320; dice from, 178; gamesmen from, 179; glass objects from, 323; gold foil beads from, 326; head ornaments at, 223; iron axes from, 177; iron chisels from, 178; iron ladles from, 189; iron nails from, 183; Jorwe Ware at, 239; knives at, 181, 356, mud-walled houses at, 147; querns from, 185; ring-wells at, 305, 306; rock-cut *caityagrhas* at, 300; settlement at, 291;

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tiles at, 296; wooden planks at, 147 Nasik-Gangapur, tool-kits of, 25 Nasirpur, dating of, 174; OCW from, 174; sherds from, 94; thermoluminescence dates of, 175 Nathkuva, quarrying stones at, 155 Natshal, 237 Nattamedu, amphorae at, 258; early historical culture at, 150; jars at, 258; Rouletted Ware at, 258 Nattiga, pottery at, 128 Nattukalpalayam, Russet-coated Painted Ware at, 258 Naukutchiya Tal, palynological studies for, 47 Naula, 156 Navagraha Hill, terracotta boat at, 158 Navdatoli, 2, 53, 95, 101, 102, 197, 237, 277, 333, 359; animal figurines at, 338; antimony rods at, 342; artefacts at, 103; bead-making at, 217; beads at, 218, 331; black-and-red ware at, 102, 234, 235; blade tools at, 333; bone arrowheads at, 354; bone handle piece at, 355; bones of wild boar at, 5; bowls from, 188, 239, 260; censers at, 261; Chalcolithic cultures at, 95; charred grains from, 103; copper and bronze awls at, 176; copper flat axe from, 176; copper nails from, 183; copper spearhead from, 195; dagger pendant from, 355; discoid balls at, 190; *Emblica officinalis* at, 7; faience spacers from, 218; female figurines at, 267; fish-hooks from, 178; footed goblet and channel-spouted bowl from, 239; glassy slag from, 328; graffito-marked pottery from, 359; hoes from, 181; *Hordeum vulgare* at, 6; horn cores from, 2; human figurines at, 339; iron chisels from, 178; ivory plaquettes from, 263; jars with animal figure at, 338; Jorwe Ware at, 239; lamps on rims at, 277; *Lathyrus sativus* at, 8;

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*Lathyrus sphaericus* at, 8; *Lens culinaris* at, 8; *Linum usitalissimum* at, 8; low range of tin at, 328; Malwa Ware from, 102, 239; metal objects at, 195; Neolithic remains at, 54; ornaments at, 223; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; ovens at, 184; *Phaseolus mungo* from, 8; *Phaseolus radiatus* from, 8; pig bones at, 5; *Pisum arvense* at, 8; querns at, 184, 185; ring-stone at, 277; settlement at, 291; shouldered celt from, 93; silk from, 319; straight-necked bottle and shallow cup at, 260; *stūpa* at, 146; terracotta disc at, 179; tools from, 333; *Triticum* from, 7; Vicia sativa from, 8; Vicia Sp. from, 8; *Vicia tetrasperma* from, 8; votive tank at, 277; wheat and rice at, 319; *Zizyphus jujuba* at, 7