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**Hunsgi** (16°27′; 76°31′), Dt Gulbarga. Lower Palaeolithic [4.2] site on the seasonal stream Hunsgi-nala which joins the Krishna river about 35 km downstream. The principal tool types are handaxes and cleavers, picks, points, scrapers and backed knives. The Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] assemblage from the site is totally devoid of the blade-tool element. Chalcolithic [4.14.8] and Megalithic [4.17.8] remains have also been found. See DON RIVER. *Jour. Geological Survey of Hyderabad*, 4, 1, p. 157. *IAR 1965-6*. *Jour. Karnataka Univ.*, 4, pp. 183-200. Misra, V.N., 1975-6, in *Purātattva*, 8, p. 36, Sundara, A., 1975, *Early Chamber Tombs of s. India*, Delhi, p. 57.