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All the lithic implements discussed above belong to the category of core tools, as these were chipped from a lump of rock or stone. There are, however, majority of tools, in all the three phases of the Palaeolithic period, which are made on flakes (*Fig.6*). A specialized form of flake e.g. long (length more than double or more the breadth), parallel sided and thin is referred to as blade, which evidence culmination of flake detaching technique. For, the attainments of this technique were the input of minimum labour, wastage of very little raw material, but output of large working edges.