An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.70.4

v1.c26.70.4

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;