[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.c37.1284 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1284 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.1284 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.1284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1284) \*\*Kunda,\*\* Dt Meerut. Historical mound (of unspecified nature). \*IAR 1970-1.\* \*\*Kunda Himaya.\*\* \*See\* CHANDRAPRABHA VALLEY. \*\*Kundalanaickenpatti,\*\* Dt Madurai. Megalithic \[4.17.9\] site with about a dozen stone circles. \*IAR 1956-7.\* \*\*Kundalasangama,\*\* Dt Bijapur. (?) Mesolithic \[4.5\] site yielding scrapers, awls and points. \*IAR 1972-3.\* \*\*Kundala valley,\*\* Dt E. Nimar. Lower and Upper Palaeolithic \[4.2, 4\] tools were found. \*IAR 1959-60.\* \*\*Kundam,\*\* Dt Jabalpur. Series I and Series II (Lower and Middle Palaeolithic \[4.2, 3\] tools. \*IAR 1958-9.\* \*\*Kundanpur\*\* (22°5′; 71°10′), Dt Rajkot. Late Harappa \[4.10\] site corresponding to RANGPUR II B and II C. \*AI\*, 18 & 19, 1962 & 1963, p. 206. \*\*Kundargi,\*\* Dt Belgaum. Megalithic \[4.17.8\] site with menhirs. (Same as following?). \*Progress Rep. Kannada Res. Inst.\*, 1947-52, p. 14. \*\*Kundargi,\*\* (16°05′; 74°48′), Dt Belgaum. Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\] site. \*See\* GHATAPRABHA VALLEY. (Same as preceding?). \*\*Kundari,\*\* Dt Allahabad. Megalithic \[4.17.3\] site. \*IAR 1963-4.\* \*\*Kundarkocha.\*\* \*See\* DHALBHUM AREA. \*\*Kundidih,\*\* Dt Allahabad. Late Stone Age (Mesolithic \[4.5\]) site. \*IAR 1963-4.\* \*\*Kundinpur.\*\* \*See\* KAUṆḌINYAPURA. \*\*Kundni,\*\* Dt Rajkot. Harappa \[4.9\] site. \*IAR 1957-8.\* \*\*Kundrasanhalli,\*\* Dt Kolar. Megalithic stone circles \[4.17.8\]. \*IAR 1970-1.\* \*\*Kundukottai,\*\* Dt Dharmapuri. Megalithic sites with dolmenoid cists and circle stones \[4.17.9\]. \*IAR 1967-8.\* \*\*Kunduripi,\*\* Dt Anantapur. Neolithic \[4.6.8\] habitation site also with early historical \[4.18.10\] pottery. \*See\* AKKAMMAKONDA. \*IAR 1965-6.\* \*\*Kunjaram,\*\* Dt Chingleput. Early and Middle Stone Age (Lower and Middle Palaeolithic \[4.2, 3\]) tools. \*See\* CUNJALLUM. \*IAR 1963-4.\* \*\*Kunjla,\*\* Dt Ranchi. Asura site \[14.4\] 4 km s.-s.-w of Khunti. The mound is covered with brick and pottery. Excavation exposed ruins of a brick house, almost complete on plain, measuring 19 × 6 m. The antiquities discovered in the excavation included a good number of iron objects. The pottery is coarse in fabric, thick in section and made of badly levigated clay with small bits of quartz. Roy, S.C., 1915, in \*Jour. Bihar & Orissa Res. Soc.\*, 1. p. 237. Excavated by A. Ghosh (not published). \*\*Kunkune,\*\* Dt Purulia. A handaxe of green micaceous quartzite was found in 1865 near Gobindapur. Logan, A.C., 1906, \*Old Chipped Stone of India\*, London pp. 30-3. Brown, C.J., 1917. \*Catalogue of Prehistoric Antiquities in the Indian Museum at Calcutta\*, Simla, p. 67. \*\*Kunnattur,\*\* Dt Chingleput, excavated by B. Saran of the ASI during 1955-7 (\*IAR 1955-6\*, p. 23; \*1956-7\*, p. 31) to lay bare the Megalithic remains \[4.17.9\] and to correlate them with a habitation site. Three main types of Megalithic burials were exposed along with the remains of the early historical \[4.18.12\] and late historical \[4.19.10\] periods. The magalithic types were the cairn circle, state dolmenoid cist and sarcophagi \[12.9\], besides a few pyriform urns. From these megaliths were obtained sherds of the Black-and-red Ware \[11.15.3\] and red and black wares. - [Previous: v2.c37.1283](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1283) - [Next: v2.c37.1285](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1285) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1284](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.1284) · Pramāṇa