An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.70

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animal burials(s), 49 animal figure(s), 14, 42, 171, 223, 231, 238, 257, 281, 282, 338, 361 animal figurine(s), 77, 91, 97, 100, 137, 138, 163, 182, 222, 338; terracotta, 83, 109, 339 animal fossils, 207, 212 animal remains, 37, 41, 47, 288, 307, 316 animal seal, 128 Angira, 75; designs on the pottery at, 78 anklet(s), 85, 121, 141, 153, 325 *Anogeissus* sp. (*bakti*), 8 Ansari, Z.D., 25 antennae sword, 92, 325, 351, 352 anthropomorphic figure, 92, 93, 126, 351 anthropomorphs, 325 Antichak, animal figurines at, 339; caitya-cum-monastery at, 156; daggers, swords and nails of iron at, 157; ovens at, 184; *pūjā-vigrahas* of Buddhists from, 263 *Antilope* sp., 309 *Antilope cervicapra* (black-buck), 311, 314 *Antilope cervicapra* L. (black-buck), 47, 103, 315 antimony rod(s), 51, 86, 100, 108, 109, 136, 140, 141, 147, 154, 157, 171, 327; copper, 163 antler(s), 42, 264, 287 Apara, PGW, grey ware and late Harappa sherds at, 91 Aphsad, Viṣṇu brick temple at, 156 Arab coins, 196 Arabian Sea coast, 69 Aralo-Caspian region, sheep domestication in, 3 Aramaic alphabet, 366, 369 Aravalli hills, 79 archaeological cultures, 16; account of, 17; periods in, 17-18; regions of, 16-17 archaeological dating, 164-68 archaeological evidence, 53, 139, 140, 157, 186, 201, 217, 265, 277, 289, 291, 298, 335 archaeological periods, historical, 17; prehistoric, 17;

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protohistoric, 17 archaeological remains, 85, 131, 144, 301 *Archaeology in India*, 17 archaeomagnetic dating, 168-69 archaeomagnetism, 192 archaeozoological evidence, 2 archaeozoological remains, Adamgarh, 1; Bagor, 1 'archait' tools, 281 *Archidiskodon planifrons*, 307 Architecture, Chalukyan style of, 301 Arcot (Dt), sarcophagi inside the cist in, 128 Ardhanāgari, 367 argali, 3 Arikamedu, amphorae at, 132, 258; Arretine Ware at 132, 258; beads at, 219; black-and-red ware at, 129; bowl and shallow dish from, 260; bracelet, beads from, 195; brick and lime-mortar structure at, 151; Celadon Ware with Cola coins at, 260; chemical examination of gems and bird from, 195; dyeing vats of brick at, 150; early historical culture at, 150; early historical *Diospyros* Sp. (ebony) at, 9; early historical *Heritiera* Sp. (sundari) at, 9; early historical Mimusops Sp. (*malsari*) at, 9; excavation at, 168; glass from, 219; Graeco-Roman gem from 196; hammers from pre-Arretine levels at, 181; historical settlements at, 291; Indo-Roman *Borassus flabellifer* (toddy palm, palmyra palm) at, 7; Indo-Roman *Cocus nueifera* L. (coconut palm) at, 7; net-sinkers at, 183; ring-well from, 305, 306; Roman coins from, 151; Roman lamps from 181; Roman wares at, 151; Rouletted Ware at, 131, 132; Russet-coated Painted Ware at, 259; single ring-casing at, 305; terracotta female figurines from, 151; terracotta male and female bust at, 195; toy boat at, 337; votive tanks from, 277; Ware, 111;

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well at, 305, 306; wires of Roman origin from, 168; wooden mallet from pre-Arretine levels of, 181 Ariyannur, umbrella stones at, 130 Arizo (Palestine), sarcophagus from, 275 armlet(s), 141, 224 armour(s), 85 arm and wrist ornament(s), 224 Arni, Megalithic Black-and-Red Ware at, 122 Arretine Ware, 132, 149, 150, 258, 259 arrowhead(s), 32, 85, 93, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 107, 108, 110, 136, 137, 140, 141, 142, 147, 153, 171, 223, 240, 275, 299, 324, 332, 358, 359, 370; bone, 136, 139, 246; copper, 43, 51; leaf-shaped, 77; Harappa, 349; iron, 43, 51; later periods, 352-54; Megalithic site, 353; NBPW levels, 352; Śaka-Parthian period, 353; socketed and barbed, 111; stone, 76, 77; tanged and socketed, 46 arrow(s), 40, 109, 240, 251 artefact(s), 18, 19, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 37, 52, 57, 58, 103, 122, 167, 168, 178, 184, 192, 197, 200, 299, 302, 310, 324, 331, 333, 334, 352; borer group of, 28; Chalcolithic, 524; chrono-stratigraphic evidence of, 192; copper, 18; Copper Hoard Culture, 325, 352; Dargama, 325; hammering and sharpening, 299; Harappa, 324; iron, 144; lithic, 34; Lower Palaeolithic Garo Hills of Assam, 286; Lower Palaeolithic Western coast, 286; metallographic examination of, 325; Neolithic, 56; stone, 18, 51, 66, 320; stone Age, 212, 213, 215, 333-34 artefact-associations, evidence of, 166, 168 artefactual assemblage, techno-typological traits of, 56 *Artemisia*, 194 *Arthaśāstra*, 10, 14, 296, 302, 358 Arunachal Pradesh, 58, 59, 158;

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Megalithic culture in, 120 ash-mounds, 46, 65, 66, 67, 103, 292-93, 328; discoveries of, 293; stratigraphy of, 293 Asia and Africa, faunal link, 311 Aslana, Acheulian and pebble tools at, 23 Aśokan, Brāhmi, 366; edicts, 265; inscription, 291, 365 ass *see Equus asinus* Assam, 18, 19, 24, 37, 58, 107, 225, 301, 367; cord-marked Neolithic pottery of, 227; existence of early farming communities in, 44; faunal evidence in, 315; faunal material in, 307; historical settlements in, 290; Jainism in, 301; Megalithic culture in, 120 Assyria, wheeled vehicle at, 337 *Aṣṭādhyāyī*, 360 Asthana, S., 115 Astronomical Theory, 165 astronomical/historical/tree-ring method, 87 Asura sites, 120, 132, 142, 293; Chota Nagpur, 172; ¹⁴C dating of, 172 Asurdanga, 143 Asurgarh, oblong fort at, 160; settlement at, 157 Asurs, 325 *aśvamedha* site, early historical wood specimen at, 8, 9 Atghara, terracotta figurines, beads, etc., at, 143 *Atharvaveda*, 217 Athavale, R.N., 168 Atheruva, 310 Atranjikhera, 115; animal figurines at, 338, 339; archaeological data from, 152; black-and-red ware at, 74, 94, 95, 235, 241, 289; Black-slipped Ware at, 240; bone and ivory styli at, 370; cart model from, 336; ceramic assemblages of, 98; Chalcolithic pottery of, 246; cloth impressions on sherds at, 109; coin moulds from, 329; dabbers from, 329; disc at, 190; early historical gamesmen from, 179; early historical remains at, 133; early historical terracotta disc at, 179; female figurines at, 268, 340;