An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.20

v1.c9.s14.20

4.14.2 *Vindhyan region.* Investigations during the last two decades in the hilly tracts of Dts Banda, Allahabad and Varanasi have brought to light a number Chalcolithic sites, the more noteworthy of them being the one on the Jhurri Nala on the Satna-Banda border, KOLDIHWA, KHAJURI, PANCHOHA, KAPASIKALAN, KOILARIHA, GADHA, PAL NEODHIA and BAHRAICHA in Dt Allahabad and KAKORIA, BAIRA-DUMUHAAN, HETIMPUR and KAURIHAR in Dt Varanasi. Situated in river valleys, the cultural debris of all of them are scattered over a wide area constituting low and flattish mounds with the longer axis along the rivers.