[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.c30.52 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.52 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c30.52 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.52) \*\*Chakradharpur\*\* (20°42'; 85°30'), Dt Singhbhum, on the left bank of the Sanjai, known for a long time for its rock-paintings \[13\] and, with its neighbourhood further e., covering CHAIBASA and SINI, for its yield of Stone Age artefacts (Ball, 1865, pp. 118-20; Anderson, 1917, pp. 349-52; Ghosh, 1932; etc.). The first systematic exploration of the valley was undertaken by Ghosh, 1966, 1970, 1971, on behalf of the Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Calcutta, who identified in the Pleistocene \[9.8.2\] deposits of the river section three Palaeolithic \[4.2.4\] industries, successively: (i) a chopper-biface industry (Abbevillian), with crude choppers, Acheulian I, predominantly with handaxes and crude side-scrapers, Acheulian II with true cleavers, and Acheulian III with an advance over the preceding stage; (ii) flake industry, with limited handaxes but with a preponderance of scrapers; and (iii) a flake-blade industry, with end-scrapers and burins as characteristic types. Anderson, 1917, in \*Jour. Bihar & Orissa Res. Soc.\*, 3, pp. 349-72. Ball, B., 1865, in \*Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal\*, pp. 127-8. Ghosh, A.K., 1966, in \*Actes du VIIᵉ Congrès International des Sciences préhistoriques et protohistoriques, 1966\*, Prague; 1970, in \*Trans. American Philosophical Soc.\*, New Series, 60; 1971, \*Arch. & Physical Anthropology in Oceania\*, 6, 2, pp. 87-101. Ghosh, M., 1932, \*Rock-paintings and other Antiquities of Prehistoric & Later Times\*, Mem. ASI, 24. - [Previous: v2.c30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.51) - [Next: v2.c30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.53) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c30.52) · Pramāṇa