[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) › v2.c28.260 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.260 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.260 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.260) Stone Age artefacts pertaining to the Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\] to the Mesolithic \[4.5\] Ages have often been collected from the neighbourhood (\*IAR 1961-2\*, p. 1; \*1971-2\*, p. 1). The Neolithic phase \[4.6.8\] is represented by ground stone axes, chisels, mace-heads and short blades found sparingly in the neighbouring hillock and occasionally in the mixed historical strata. Cairn circles with urn burials \[4.17.7\] indicate an extensive Megalithic occupation of the area; in fact in 1888-9 A. Rea found a Megalithic urn below a smaller \*stūpa\* (\*ASI—AR 1908-9\*, pp. 88-91). - [Previous: v2.c28.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.259) - [Next: v2.c28.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.261) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c28.260) · Pramāṇa