[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.s5.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s5.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c6.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s5.2) The Indian elephant is considered to be a descendant of \*Elephas hysudricus\* of the Indian Early Pleistocene and related to the group of \*Elephas meridionalis\*, ancestor of the mammoth and \*Elephas antiquus\* of Europe. - [Previous: v1.c6.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s5.1) - [Next: v1.c6.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s6.1) - [Up: v1.c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c6.s5.2) · Pramāṇa