An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c35.42

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*Megalithic Tombs & other Remains in the Deccan,* Hyderabad, 1941, pp. 86-7. **Halshi**, Dt Belgaum. Megalithic [4.17.8] and early historical site. *Karnatakadalli Jain Dharma Math Samskriti*, Dharwar, 1975, pp. 120-40. **Halvad**, Dt Surendranagar. Early and Middle Stone Age (Lower and Middle Palaeolithic [4.2, 3]) tools were found at a site about 2·4 km from Halvad on the Halvad-Dhrangadhra road on the banks of the Dokamardo nullah. *IAR 1963-4.* **Halwana**, Dt Saharanpur. PGW [11.14] site. *IAR 1968-9.* **Halwi**, Dt Bellary. Neolithic [4.6.9] site. Foote, R.B., 1916, *Indian Prehistoric & Protohistoric Antiquities*, Madras, pp. 77-8. **Hami**, Dt Palamau. Nineteen bar-celts and six flat cells of copper were found on the bank of a small river [4.11]. *Jour. Bihar & Orissa Res. Soc.*, 2, 1916, p. 481-4. **Hamirgarh**, Dt Bhilwara. Site on the Banas with Series I (Lower Palaeolithic [4.2]) tools. *IAR 1958-9.* **Hamirpur**, Dt Ambala. PGW [11.14] site. *IAR 1964-5.* Suraj Bhan, 1975, *Excavation at Mitathal & other Explorations in the Sutlej-Yamuna Divide*, Kurukshetra, p. 123. **Hamirpur-ka-Kot**, Dt Ghazipur. Black-and-red Ware [11.6.3] site. *IAR 1963-4.* **Hampasagara**, Dt Bellary. Chalcolithic [4.14.8] site. A four-footed sarcophagus [12.9] is noteworthy. Foote, R.B., 1916, *Indian Prehistoric & Protohistoric Antiquities*, Madras, p. 80. **Hanagandi**, Dt Bijapur. Neolithic [4.6.9] Chalcolithic [4.14.8] site. *IAR 1965-6.* **Hanamsagar**, Dt Gulbarga.

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Megalithic [4.17.8] site. *Jour. Geological Survey of Hyderabad*, 4, 1, p. 157. **Hanchinal**, Dt Bijapur. Painted black-on-red Chalcolithic pottery [4.14.8]. See BALLOLLI. *IAR 1957-8.* **Handi**, Dt Bharuch. Middle and Late Stone Age (Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] and Mesolithic [4.5]) site. *IAR 1969-70.* **Handignur**, Dt Dharwar. Early historical site with the typical Black-and-red Ware [11.15.3], the Russet-coated Ware [11.22] and a dull-red-slipped ware. *IAR 1958-9.* **Hangandi**, Dt Bijapur. Megalithic [4.17.8] site with passage chambers of the Greek or Latin cross type and early historical remains. Sundara, A., 1975, *Early Chamber Tombs of s. India*, Delhi, pp. 26-30. **Hange**, Dt Ahmadnagar. Tools of Series II (Middle Palaeolithic [4.3]) and microliths [4.5]. *IAR 1960-1.* **Hankari**, Dt Jalgaon. Early historical site yielding black-and-red ware. *IAR 1969-70.* **Hannur**, Dt Mysore. Megalithic [4.17.8] site. Information from C. Krishnamurthy through A. Sundara. **Hansa**, Dt Ranchi. Burial ground marked by about a hundred horizontal slabs and vertical pillars. Patil, D.R., 1962, *Antiquarian Remains in Bihar*, Patna, pp. 159-60. **Hansapur**, Dt Jabalpur. Microliths [4.5]. *IAR 1959-60.* **Hansi**, Dt Hissar. PGW [11.14] site. *IAR 1963-4.* Suraj Bhan, 1975, *Excavation at Mitathal & other Explorations in the Sutlej-Yamuna Divide*, Kurukshetra, p. 124. **Hansra**, Dt Birbhum. Site yielding channel-spouted bowls. *IAR 1967-8.* **Hantala**, Dt Jabalpur.

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Microliths [4.5]. *IAR 1957-8.* **Hanumandhar**, Dt Kutch. Historical site. See AJMEL. *IAR 1965-6.* **Hanumandhoro**, Dt Amreli. Red Polished Ware [11.23] site in the Shetrunji Valley. *IAR 1960-1.* **Hanumanganj**, Dt Allahabad. Late Stone Age (Mesolithic [4.5]) site. *IAR 1963-4.* **Hanumangarh**, (29°35'; 74°21'), Dt Ganganagar. A Rang Mahal [11.24] site on the SARASVATĪ much destroyed by a late medieval fort built over it. PGW [11.14] was also found. Unpublished. **Hanumantapura**, Dt Kolar. Megalithic stone circles [4.17.8]. *IAR 1971-2; 1972-3.* **Hanuman-Timba**, Dt Mahesana. Late Historical red ware, grey ware and Red Polished Ware [11.23]. *IAR 1960-1.* **Hanuman Timbo (Gadhada)**, Dt Bhavnagar. Harappa [4.9] and early historical [4.18.2] site. *IAR 1971-2.* **Hanuman-Vato**, Dt Rajkot. Early historical [4.18.2] site. *IAR 1958-9.* **Hanumati river**, Dt Purulia. Handaxes, ovates, cleavers and other tools of Acheulian assemblage [4.2] were found in the cliff-sections of the stream. On the basis of typology, patination and state of preservation the industry may be divided into an earlier and later phase. *IAR 1967-8.* **Haraha**, Dt Shahdol. Lower [4.2] and Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] site. *IAR 1962-3.* **Harahi-Bhituli**, See GANGA VALLEY. **Haraholli**, Dt Kolar. Site with black-and-red and red wares. *IAR 1972-3.* **Haraipur** (23°52'; 87°35'), Dt Birbhum, a small village where the writer's 1965-excavation (*IAR 1964-5*, p.

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46) of a small mound known as Solkhana yielded a Chalcolithic occupational deposit of about 2·6 m. The most important finds are extended burials of children oriented from n. to s. within the habitational areas. Though there are no grave goods the finds from the pits as well as from the deposits indicate clearly that the burials belong to the Chalcolithic folk [4.14.4]. No report on the skeletal remains has been received so far from the Anthropological Survey of India. The pottery consists of painted as well as plain black-and-red ware [11.6.5], black-on-red ware and white-painted red ware, besides a dull-red ware. The shapes comprise mainly the carinated bowl, convex-sided bowl, channel-spouted vessel and perforated vessel. The painted designs consist of horizontal and vertical strokes, herring-bone designs, short strokes like inverted commas, interconnected loops, rows of triangles and two joint arcs resembling flying birds. While most of the painted designs occur on the inner side of the vessels some of them bear paintings on both sides. The shapes and designs are identical with those at MAHISDAL and other Chalcolithic sites of W. Bengal as well as of c. India [11.10]. The other finds, though limited in number, consist of short blades, tiny Neolithic celts, a stone pestle, bone points and microbeads of steatite. Burnt clay nodules with reed impression and a charred wooden pole, 4 cm in diameter, indicate that the inhabitants lived in perishable huts. —R.G. PANDEYA