[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.c9.s14.24 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.24 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.24 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.24) As the culture is characterized by the short blade industry of the crested-ridge technique and the ceramic assemblage compares well with its counterpart of Pd II of ATRANJIKHERA, Pd I A of SONPUR and Pd II A of CHIRAND, a time bracket ranging from the later half of the 2nd millennium to the early centuries of the Ist millennium B.C. may be tentatively proposed for it. A ¹⁴C date of 3390±120 B.P. for the Chalcolithic horizon of KOLDIHAWA has been obtained recently. The other end of the chronological scale is marked by the advent of iron. - [Previous: v1.c9.s14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.23) - [Next: v1.c9.s14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.25) - [Up: v1.c9.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14) ## Linked texts (4) - [Atranjikhera](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.atranjikhera) - [Chirand](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chirand) - [Sonpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sonpur) - [Koldihawa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.koldihawa) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.24) · Pramāṇa