[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c6.s2.t2.6 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.6 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s2.t2.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s2.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.6) The five species of the wild goat occurring in the subcontinent are: \*Capra falconeri\* and \*Capra ibex\*, both found in the region between Afghanistan, Kashmir, Punjab and Kumaun, the latter an important food animal during the Upper Palaeolithic; \*Capra hircus\*, found in Baluchistan and Sind, probably the main ancestor of the several breeds of the domestic goat; \*Hemitragus jemlabicus\*, Himalayan Tahr; and \*Hemitragus hylocrius\*, Nilgiri Tahr, reported respectively from the Himalayan and sub-Himalayan belt and the Nilgiris of s. India. The prehistoric migratory movements of these wild populations are not known. - [Previous: v1.c6.s2.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.5) - [Next: v1.c6.s2.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.7) - [Up: v1.c6.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s2.t2.6) · Pramāṇa