An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s2.t4.6
An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s2.t4.6
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Remains of the Acheulian man are also known from the w. part of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Here Gravel I of the MALAPRABHA and GHATAPRABHA (Joshi, 1955) and the upper course of the KRISHNA (Banerjee, 1957) are implementiferous. The KHYAD and MENSANGI group of sites on the MALAPRABHA is characterized by handaxes, cleavers and pebble tools. In Dt Bijapur around BAGALKOT rich tool-bearing localities were discovered, where the handaxe was the most dominant type of tool, followed by chopping tool, cleaver, chopper and scraper.