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An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.368

An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.368

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v2.c36.368

**Jogadaha**, Dt Mirzapur. On the river Son, 80 km from Hanumana, on the Hanumana-Baharia road near the Jogadaha bridge, the following sequence was noticed:
(i) cemented gravel in eroded condition which yielded a pebble tool [4.2]; (ii) clayey deposit yielding tools of the Middle Stone (Middle Palaeolithic [4.3] Age); (iii) uncemented gravel yielding tools of the Upper Palaeolithic [4.4] blade industry; and (iv) clay deposit yielding Late Stone Age tools (Mesolithic [4.5]). Microliths were also found near Jogadaha bridge on the Son.