[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.c45.474 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.474 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.474 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.474) Selbalgiri, Dt Garo Hills. Selbalgiri-1 yielded a large number of potsherds and stone axes. Selbalgiri-2, situated at a distance of about 2 km to the s.-w. on a ridge, yielded a highly developed flake-and-blade industry, a somewhat primitive microlithic industry and primitive tools such as handaxes, discs and picks betraying Palaeolithic traditions \[4.2\]. Points, borers, awls, blades, arrowheads, spearheads, huge flakes and fabricators are noteworthy finds. Further excavation revealed a geometric and non-geometric microlithic industry with pottery. Selbalgiri-3 has Early (Lower Palaeolithic \[4.2\]), Middle (Middle Palaeolithic \[4.3\] and Late Mesolithic \[4.5\]) Stone Age industries. The site has also Neolithic \[4.6.6.\] tools such as axes, near cylindrical chisels and a spearhead. \*IAR 1965-60; 1967-8; 1970-1\*. - [Previous: v2.c45.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.473) - [Next: v2.c45.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.475) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) ## Cites (1) - [Selbalgiri](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.selbalgiri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.474) · Pramāṇa