[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.c39.745 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.745 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.745 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.745) \*\*Modi,\*\* Dt Mandsaur. Palaeoliths in the Chambal valley, rock-shelters with paintings \[13\] and a large number of lithic tools consisting of triangles, lunates, flakes, and blades, mainly of chalcedony, and pottery. Excavation in a painted rock-shelter shown 10 undisturbed layers, the lowest of which produced Middle (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\]) and Late Stone Age (Mesolithic \[4.5\]) tools. In layer 9 there were geometric microliths and in 8 an anvil stone and a small heap of haematite grains. In layers 7, 6 and 5 there were more microliths but no pottery. Layer 4 was sterile. Layers 3, 2 and 1 produced potsherds of the 11th and 12th centuries and a few unfinished beads. \*IAR 1956-7; 1958-9.\* Wakankar, V.S., & Brooks, R.R.R., 1976, \*Stone Age Painting in India\*, Bombay. - [Previous: v2.c39.744](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.744) - [Next: v2.c39.746](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.746) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) ## Cites (1) - [Modi](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.modi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.745](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.745) · Pramāṇa