Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c20.s3.t5.1

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Hallur is in the district of Dharwar on the left bank of Tungabhadra, anciently known as Hallavaru. In this area, the Neolithic Period I (1710-1030-100 BC) overlapped with Iron Age starting around 1200-1100 BC with a very short iron-free chalcolithic period. The megalithic iron age was characterised by typical B&RW, varieties of iron tools, megalithic cairns and cists, bone, carnelian, terracotta, gold, green stone and antler beads. (Nagaraja Rao, 1971 and 1981)