An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.259

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**Sarai Nahar Rai**, Dt Pratapgarh, situated at a distance of 15 km s.-w. of the Dt headquarters, where remains of seasonal camping of the Mesolithic [4.5] people of the Vindhyas have been unearthed by a joint team of the Univ. of Allahabad and the Uttar Pradesh Dept for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, under the general supervision of G.R. Sharma. The most conspicuous morphological feature of the area is the living and partially living horseshoe or ox-bow lakes. A few of them contain Mesolithic occupational floors on their banks. The implementiferous locality of Sarai Nahar Rai has an area of 1800 sq m which was excavated during 1971-73 (*IAR 1971-2*, p. 48; *1972-3*, p. 35).