An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.225

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**Kallur²** (15°30'; 76°00'), Dt Raichur, in Manvi Taluka, lying at a distance of 22 km, from Raichur on Gingera road and deriving its name from the abundance of granite hillocks (*kallu* 'stone' and *ur* 'village'). Kallur proper and the surrounding granitoid hillocks abound in ancient habitations and mounds, the earliest finds assignable to the Neolithic culture [4.6.9]. From the reported surface finds four important localities deserving special notice are known to exist at this place.