An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.452

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Sikkim, 3, 7 silver metallurgy, 326-27 silver punch-marked coins, 171, 327, 335 Simareea, mounds at, 121 Simhalese, 367 Sind, 2, 3, 7, 69, 70, 71, 73, 78, 79, 87, 115, 229, 233, 316 Singanapalli, agricultural implements at, 319; Chalcolithic occupation at, 291; Neolithic pottery at, 227; Neolithic-Chalcolithic disc beads, microbead bangles at, 331; settlement at, 291; steatite disc bead workshop at, 106 Singavaram, hoards at, 149 Singh, G., 214 Singh, H.N., 74 Singh, R., 23 Singh, S., 199, 214 Singh *et al.*, 194 Singhanpur, rock art sites at, 279 Singhbhum, 24; crude pot-sherds from, 57; dabbers and pot-sherds from, 58; Rakha mines in, 324; stone and terracotta beads from, 58 Singrauli, 23; choppers at, 22; hand-axe from, 23 Sinha, B.P., 241 Sinhalese coin, 196 Sini, flake industries from, 31; Upper Palaeolithic assemblages at, 36 Sira Pahari, Jaina centres at, 301 Sirkap, 354; amphorae at, 258; bone and ivory mirror handles from, 348; bone ladles from, 189; bowl at, 189; bronze mirror pendant from, 348; cart tracts at, 336; daggers from, 355; evidence of earthquake from, 201; fortified settlements at, 298; gold finger rings from, 222; iron arrowheads at, 353; ivory and bone combs from, 346; javelins from, 356; keys at, 182; lion-masks at, 182; stone mortars at, 186; structural chronology of, 202; tanks at, 278; toilet caskets at, 343; wells at, 304 Siromi, tools at, 59 Sirpur, 294; coins at, 171; glass beads at, 218; iron weighing rod from, 190; locks and keys from, 182;

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monasteries at, 173; rotary querns at, 185; temple at, 291, 294 Sirsa, 22 Sirumgai, sarcophagus at, 275 Sisupalgarh, 132, 161; *Acacia* Sp. at, 8; arrowheads at, 352, 353; *Boswellia serrata* Roxb at, 8; bullae at, 178; caltrops at, 358; *Casearia* Sp. at, 8; copper nails at, 183; ear ornaments from, 223; fish-hooks from, 178; fortifications at, 298; fortified towns at, 146; hoes at, 181; *Holarrhena antidysenterica* at, 9; knives at, 181, 356; ladles from, 189; medallions from, 177; remains at, 168; ring-wells at, 306; Rouletted Ware at, 258; settlements at, 291, 298; sickles at, 187; *Soymida febrifugo* Adr. Juss. at, 9; spearheads at, 353, 357; vase from, 188 Siswal, 78; cultural sequence at, 90; pottery of, 90, 233; pre-Harappa cultures of, 231; pre-Harappan settlements at, 289; Sothi ware at, 228; Sothi/Kalibangan relics at, 71; Ware at, 233, 234 Sitakund, fossil wood at, 56 Sitapur, Acheulian and pebble tools from, 23 Sittannavasal, 128 Sivapura-taḍāka (Hanumakonda), 303 Sivatherium, 206, 307 *Sivatherium giganteum*, 205, 307 Siwalik formation, stratigraphy of, 164 skeletal remains, 1, 4, 5, 66, 68, 86, 123, 126, 127, 265, 266, 284, 307-16; human 51, 316-18; Lower Pleistocene, 307; Middle Pleistocene, 307-8; Upper Pleistocene, 308-11;

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Holocene, 314-16 skin-rubber(s), 138, 147 slag, 323, 328 sling, -ball(s), 98, 99, 187, 188, 244, stones, 109, 119 Smith, 364 Smith, V.A., 325, 351 soakage pit, 134, 135 soft hammer technique, 331-32 Sohan or pebble tool culture, 19, 22 Sohan industry, 19, 212; tools, 23, 52; valley, 19, 206; *see also* chopper-chopping tools Sohgaura, early historical remains at, 133; inscription, 360, 365 Sojat, chert-bearing rocks at, 286 Somali, spearheads from, 351 Somapura, *mahāvihāra* at, 300 Sombur, Neolithic culture at, 49 Someshvarpeth (Coorg), altars at, 125, 126 Somnath, 138, axe of, 325; fish-hooks from, 178; Harappa microbeads at, 331; iron nails from, 183; ploughshares from, 184; transitional cultures at, 90 Son, 53, 214, remains of blade-burin tradition in, 36; remains of Middle Palaeolithic man in, 30 Son valley, faunal assemblages of, 309; Megalithic pottery in, 243 Sonari, steatite vase of, 212 Sonbhandar caves, Jaina establishments in, 301 Songaon, 103, 291; Chalcolithic habitation at, 104; Malwa Ware at, 239; ovens at, 184; spouted vessels from, 188; *Triticum* at, 7; wheat and rice at, 319 Sonkh, ivory plaquettes from, 263; lion-faced goddess at, 269; male figurines from, 340; roofed-house at, 278; terracotta Viṣṇu and Mahiṣamardinī from, 263; tiles at, 296; *triśūls* from, 265; votive tank at, 277, 278 Sonpur, 98, 110, 150, 290, 328; amulet or pendant from, 141; antimony rod at, 342; arrowheads at, 99, 354; artefacts at, 56; axes at, 166;

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black-and-red ware at, 95, 99, 166, 235, 236, 237; Black-slipped Ware at, 240; bone and ivory styli from, 370; ¹⁴C dates from, 256; carnelian beads at, 140; cart models at, 336; ceramic assemblages of, 98; Chalcolithic culture at, 139; clay sealings from, 142; copper kohl sticks at, 342; copper objects from, 99; dancing girls at, 340; dice from, 178; lance, spear from, 140; mud-brick at, 140; Neolithic culture at, 142; NBPW at, 140; *Oryza* (rice) at, 6, 319; pit burials at, 99; toy models from, 180; vessels from, 236, 237 Sopara, stone coffer at, 275; *stūpas* at, 147 *Sorghum* (jowar), 7, 105, 147 Sosan, sherds at, 91 Sothi, 232; culture, 70, 72, 77, 214; perforated jar from, 88; pottery at, 70, 228; pre-Harappa cultures of, 231; terracotta cakes at, 88; Ware, 70, 101, 198, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232 Sothi/Kalibangan culture, 70, 71; pottery of, 72 Soundara Rajan, K.V., 37, 115 south Semitic Sabaean script, 363 Souttekeny, sarcophagus at, 129, 275 *Soymida febrifuga* Adr. Juss (*rohan*), 9 spade(s), 187, 319 Spain, 2; passage chamber of, 126 Spate, 16 spatula(s), 35, 299, 332 spear(s), 40, 42, 51, 85, 109, 121, 125, 136, 140, 282, 284, 353, iron, 122 spearhead(s), 43, 92, 93, 108, 110, 111, 136, 138, 140, 145, 147, 150, 195, 275, 299, 324, 325, 351, 358; Harappa, 349-50; later periods, 353, 356-57; Megalithic site, 356 spike, 111 spindle-whorl(s), 42, 97, 109, 187, 331, 334 Spirit Cave (Thailand), 48 splinter(s), 35, 332