An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s11.3

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The Hoards have been located over a very wide area, from West Bengal and Orissa in the e. to Gujarat and Haryana in the w., and from Andhra Pradesh in the s. to Uttar Pradesh in the n. They have however been found concentrated in Bihar and w. Uttar Pradesh, their main focus being the Ganga-Yamuna doab, though the largest hoard comes from GUNGERIA in Dt Balaghat, which contains 424 tools and weapons and 102 thin sheets of silver objects, mainly ox heads and discs of indeterminate use.