A History of Agriculture in India v1.c12.s3.4

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In the Narmada Valley between Hoshangabad and Narsinghpur, there are old river terraces rising some 36 metres above the stream. Mammalian bones were found from the base of the upper gravel and sand, equivalent to the Potwar silt, whereas pre-historic implements have been discovered abundantly in the layers of gravel. Fossils of the Quaternary fauna were discovered in two distinct beds. In the lower one, which also yielded pebble tools, was found a well-preserved 2.5-metre-long tusk of the *Elephas antiquus*. The upper bed contained the *Hippopotamas*, *Equus*, *Bos*, and *Bubalus*, along with late Acheulian tools made of jasper, chalcedony and fine-grained quartzite. Mammalian fossils include the following: