An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.290

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**Jethian**, Dt Gaya. In the Jethian valley, about 12·5 km to the e. of Rajgir, exploration in the Jamunia nullah to the west of Budhiyana hill yielded Early and Middle Stone Age (Lower and Middle Palaeolithic [4.2, 3] tools. At Jethian itself, among other remains, mostly Buddhist, a 13 m long drain was noticed on the w. periphery of the hill. The large size of the stones are reminiscent of the fortification walls of RAJGIR. *IAR 1960-1*; *1967-8*.