[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.c37.225 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.225 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.225 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.225) \*\*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. - [Previous: v2.c37.224](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.224) - [Next: v2.c37.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.226) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.225](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.225) · Pramāṇa