[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.c40.170 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.170 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c40.170 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c40.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.170) \*\*Namkum\*\*, Dt Ranchi. Early Stone Age (Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\]) implements such as choppers, handaxes and scrapers were found. Flake-blades on quartz and quartzite were also collected from the valley of the Subarnarekha and Sapahi near Namkum. The same site or another site of the same name is a so-called Asura site \[14.4\] which produced copper bracelets, axe-heads and iron impelements and arrowhead. \*IAR 1964-5\*. Roy, S.C., 1921, in \*Jour. Bihar & Orissa Res. Soc.\*, 6, pp. 413, 417-8. - [Previous: v2.c40.169](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.169) - [Next: v2.c40.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.171) - [Up: v2.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40) ## Cites (1) - [Namkum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.namkum) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.170](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c40.170) · Pramāṇa