An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.447

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Rajasthan (north), 131; Rang Mahal culture in, 132 Rajasthan (west), dune formation in, 190; Lower Palaeolithic sites, 286; Middle Palaeolithic sites at, 286; post-Stone-Age settlement in, 290 Rajasthan lakes, pollen in, 214 *Rajatarangini*, 289 Rajbadidanga, 157, 290; animal figurines at, 339; bronze coins including a Gaṇeśa from, 263; dabbers from, 329; flesh-rubbers at, 346; ornate *cakra* from, 265; tiles at, 296 Rajbandar port, brick wharf in, 297 Rajghat, 131, 254, 277, animal figurines at, 339, antimony rod at, 342; archaeological data from, 152; arrowheads at, 137, beads from, 216, 217; Black-slipped Ware at, 133, 240; bullae from, 178, ¹⁴C dates from, 133, 256; clay lumps from, 15; coins at, 171; coin moulds from, 329; copper kohl sticks at, 342; copper slags from, 328; dates of, 256; disc at, 136; early historical culture at, 133; elephant figurines at, 136, evidence of flood at, 203; female figurines from, 136, finger rings from, 222; fortifications at, 134; girl on swing from, 341; glass beads from, 219; glass objects from, 323; handled vessels from, 189; human figurines from, 135, 341 iron slag from, 328, lidded jar at, 153; Mahisamardini plaques from, 263; moats at, 298; mother goddess in stone disc at, 268; net-sinkers from, 183, NBPW at, 253; NBPW sherds from, 256; plaques and skin-rubbers at, 339; Red Polished Ware at, 135; sickles at, 187; sling-balls from, 187; spouted jars from, 188; temple complex at, 152; terracotta gamesmen from, 179;

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tiles at, 296, votive tank at, 277; wedge-shaped bricks from, 134; well at, 305 Rajgir, 131, 156, 166, 290, 299; amulet plaque at, 331; black-and-red ware at, 139, 235; Black-slipped Ware at, 240, ¹⁴C dates from, 256; cart tracts at, 336, cyclopean wall of, 79; Jaina centre at, 301; jar burial from, 267; moat at, 298; Neolithic tools from, 56; NBPW at, 256; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; rubble fortification wall at, 139; settlement at, 290, shouldered hoe at, 166; silver punch-marked coins at, 171; Sonbhandar caves at, 301; steatite plaque at, 268; thermoluminescence dates of, 175; votive tank at, 277; wheel ruts at, 336 Rajim, temples at, 294 Rajpur Parsu, copper axes from, 176; harpoons from, 350; pottery at, 93; Rajput coins, 171 *rāksasīgullu*, 123 Rakshasidanga, 157 Rallakalava, blades and burins on, 32 Ralph *et al.*, formula of, 169 ram, 97, 261 Ramachandran, K. S., 115, 128 Ramappa lakes, 303 Ramappa temple, Palampet, 294 Ramathirtham, 163 Ramchandra Hill, Acheulian and pebble tools from, 23 Ramchhajja, painted rock-shelters, at, 279 Rami Reddy, 292 Ramand, 127 Rampura, Acheulian implements from, 24 Rana Ghundai, 75, 78, 167, 232; horned buck at, 76; pottery from, 76, 166 Ranchi (Dt), Asura sites in, 293 Randaliyo, burial at, 266 Rangamati, 290 Rang Mahal, 137, 153, 194, 198; bird-shaped rattles from, 180; bronze seal from, 138; building remains at, 154; cart model at, 336; cart tracts at, 336; censers from, 261; ceramic tradition of, 154; cloth impression from, 335;

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copper finger rings from, 222; cuboid dice of, 178; culture at, 72, 131, 132, 194, 198, 201; cylindrical pedestals at, 261; early historical sites of, 214; faience objects at, 321; figure of a bull from, 138; handled ladles from, 189; handmade figurines at, 180; historical settlement at, 290; knuckle bones from, 180; loop-handles at, 261; mud-brick at, 138; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; perforated globular vessels at, 189; settlement at, 290; spearheads from, 357; spouted jars at, 188; sprinklers from, 189; terracotta disc from, 179; terracotta flat tablets from, 190; tiles from, 296; toy models from, 180, 336; Ware at, 138, 260; weights from, 190 Rangpur, 79, 89, 238, 290, 328; animal remains at, 314; bath-room at, 293; beads at, 331; black-and-red ware at, 234; copper knives from, 354; evidence of flood at, 202; graffito-marked pottery from, 359; Harappa Ware at, 231; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6; late Harappa pottery in, 233; Lustrous Red Ware at, 90, 95, 231, 233, 339; *Pennisetum typhoideum* at, 6; pottery at, 231, 233, 359; Prabhas Ware at, 238; pre-pottery microlithic industry at, 73; rice husks at, 319; transitional cultures at, 90 Raniganj, stone axe from, 56 Ranir Dhibi, vase, bowl, etc. at, 237 Ranjala, conical vessels and tulip-shaped vase at, 247 Rann of Kutch, 4, 197, 198, 200 Rao, S. R., 202, 234, 303, 362, 364 Ras a Qal'a, seals with Indus motifs at, 69 rat *see* *Rattus Sp.* Ratikarar, 170 Ratnagiri, Buddhist establishment at, 160; Buddhist inlaid bronzes at, 223;

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iron saws at, 186, monastic sealings at, 173; *pūjā-vigrahas* from, 263; relic casket at, 275; settlement at, 300 *Ratna śāstra*, 217 rattles, 153, 180; terracotta, 138 *Rattus* Sp. (rat), 47, 311, 314 Ravi, 52; Palaeolithic implements on, 22 Ray, 293 razor(s), 186, 324, 337; -blades, 85 red-and-grey ware, 241 Red Polished Ware, 131, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 145, 146, 148, 150, 152, 162, 172, 259, 297; sprinklers, 189, 297 red-slipped polychrome ware, 77 red-slipped pottery, 147, 150, 162, 254 red ware, 53, 72, 78, 90, 91, 94, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104, 107, 109, 111, 116, 119, 121, 125, 126, 129, 135, 137, 138, 140, 141, 145, 147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 154, 158, 163, 229, 233, 241, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 254, 257, 259, 274, 275; industry, 171; micaceous, 73; plain, 172; unslipped, 171 Reed and Zeuner, 4 regar *see* Black Cotton Soil Rehli, Acheulian and pebble tools at, 23 reindeer, 1 relics and relic caskets, 162, 270-75, 333 remains of, horse, 122; pits or dwellings, 61; rhinoceros, 204; structures, 171 Rengchengiri, stone tools from, 58 Renigunta, blade and burin industry at, 33; tools from, 37 Rer, vessels at, 241 reserved slip ware, 231 Rewa-Panna-Chhatarpur, rock-art sites at, 279 *Rgveda-samhita*, 88, 214 *Rhamnus purpurea* Edgew, fossil leaf impressions of, 206 rhinoceros, 83, 84, 97, 206, 287, 307, 362; bones of, 68;

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remains of, 204 *Rhinoceros deccanensis*, 311 *Rhinoceros karnuliensis*, 311 *Rhinoceros palaeindicus*, 307 *Rhinoceros sivalensis*, 307 *Rhinoceros unicornis*, 308, 312 *Rhinoceros unicornis* L. (one-horned rhinoceros), 315