Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t4.6

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The earliest phase of the Iron Age in the South has been revealed in the excavation at Piklihal and Hallur (1150-1030 BC) and the Karnataka sites of Tadakanhalli, Komaranhalli etc. In many of these sites, the Iron Age started almost from the neolithic stage. Further north in Central India, megalithic sites are dated somewhat later 800-700 BC, and it is possible that the Chalcolithic sites imbibed Iron Age Culture from the megalithic people.