[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.c31.569 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.569 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c31.569 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.569) \*\*Don river\*\*, Dts Bijapur and Gulbarga. Middle Stone Age (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\]) sites on the Don river and on the Hunsgi Nullah and its feeders are: Barnal; Bapperga; Chehnur; Devapur; Gulbal (Locality 1); Hebbal Buzurg; Hunsgi (Localities 1 and 2); Kaldevanhalli (Localities 1, 2, 3 and 4); Maskanel; Matkandevanhalli; Meralbhavi (Localities 1 and 2); and Wajal. The composite stratigraphy is as follows: The basal stratum consists of either weathered shale limestone or travertine deposit. It is overlain by a conglomerate deposit. The conglomerate yielded a large number of Middle Stone Age artefacts of chert. The types included scrapers, points, borers, etc., made on plain or prepared flakes and flake blades. - [Previous: v2.c31.568](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.568) - [Next: v2.c31.570](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.570) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.569](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c31.569) · Pramāṇa