[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.t4.22 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t4.22 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s6.t4.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s6.t4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4.22) faceted hoes, chisels, mace-heads, pounders and grinding stones. No blade or microlithic industry is associated with the culture. Nor is there any direct evidence for the domestication of animals and plants except rice \[2.2\], both of domesticated and wild variety, though the occurrence of pounders and grinding stones may imply acquaintance with husbandry. The region being a cultural backwater is likely to have developed the food-producing economy later than other regions, perhaps somewhere in the last quarter of the 2nd millennium B.C. - [Previous: v1.c9.s6.t4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4.21) - [Next: v1.c9.s6.t4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4.23) - [Up: v1.c9.s6.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s6.t4.22) · Pramāṇa