[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.s6.t2.8 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t2.8 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t2.8 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s6.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2.8) The \*gong\* (cup-marks) so common on granite boulders of s. Indian Neolithic sites have been noticed in the shelters of BHIMBETKA, Narsgarh and Indagarh. These indicate cultural give-and-take tradition at such an early date. We should have no hesitation in concluding provisionally though, that the Neolithic here is essentially a way of life, in propinquity with the truly Chalcolithic and somewhat more advanced metal-using contemporary communities which dominated in this zone for over two centuries from \*c.\* 1950 to 1750 B.C., before they were overtaken by the intruding Banas culture \[4.14.1\] in a big way, which continued here for over four centuries thereafter. - [Previous: v1.c9.s6.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2.7) - [Next: v1.c9.s6.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2.9) - [Up: v1.c9.s6.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhīmbeṭkā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.bhimbetka) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t2.8) · Pramāṇa