[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.c39.104 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.104 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.104 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.104) \*\*Mahadeo Piparia\*\* (23°06'; 79°16'), Dt Narsinghpur. Excavation on the left bank of the Narmada yielded Early and Middle Stone Age (Lower and Middle Palaeolithic \[4.2, 3\]) tools. The stratigraphy was as follows (from top downwards): (i) light-yellow brownish silt; (ii) cross-bedded sandy deposit with number of intercalations of very fine sand and silt yielding Middle Stone Age (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\]) tools; (iii) disconformity; (iv) red-brown silt; (v) a lens of boulder-gravel yielding a flake with flake scars; (vi) yellow-brown hard kankary silt; (vii) yellow-brown sandy silt; (viii) boulder conglomerate yielding (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\]) and Late Stone Age (Mesolithic \[4.5\]) tools. \*See\* NARMADA VALLEY. - [Previous: v2.c39.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.103) - [Next: v2.c39.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.105) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahadeo-Piparia](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mahadeo-piparia) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.104) · Pramāṇa