[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.c35.264 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.264 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.264 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.264) \*\*Hire Benkal,\*\* Dt Raichur. Chalcolithic \[4.14.8\] site with an ash-mound \[14.3\]. Megalithic \[4.17.8\] habitation remains were also found together with burials such as port-holed chamber tombs, oblong chambers, rock-shelters and polygonal chambers. Rock paintings were found in the vicinity. Evidence of early historical iron-smelting was reported. \*AR Hyderabad Dept of Arch.\*, 1935-6, p. 30. \*IAR 1965-6\*; \*1967-8\*; \*1968-9\*. \*Jour. Geological Survey of Hyderabad\*, 3, 1, pp. 121-35. \*Jour. Indian History\*, 52, 1, pp. 21-32. \*Man\*, 55, pp. 94-7. Sundara, A., 1975, \*Early Chamber Tombs of s. India\*, Delhi, pp. 72-7, p. 180-6. - [Previous: v2.c35.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.263) - [Next: v2.c35.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.265) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.264](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c35.264) · Pramāṇa