[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.c42.303 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.303 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.303 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c42.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.303) \*\*Pattadakal,\*\* Dt Bijapur. Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\] tools, mostly rolled, were found in the bed of the MALAPRABHA river. The tools comprised cleavers, chopper-chopping tools and handaxes of the Abbevillian and Abbevillio-Acheulian types. Megaliths \[4.17.8\] with port-holes and passage chambers as also early historical \[4.18.11\] material were also found. There was also late historical material probably contemporary with temples for which Pattadakal is famous. \*IAR 1954-5\*; \*1957-8\*. \*Jour. Bombay Univ.\*, 14, 4, pp. 10-28. \*Karnataka Bharati\*, 5, 2, pp. 35-42. Sundara, A., 1975, \*Early Chamber Tombs of s. India\*, Delhi, pp. 30-6. - [Previous: v2.c42.302](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.302) - [Next: v2.c42.304](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.304) - [Up: v2.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.303](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c42.303) · Pramāṇa