A History of Agriculture in India v1.c13.13

v1.c13.13

An important site in Karnataka is at Jalahalli, near Bangalore. Here, Todd found, in a reddish soil horizon, microliths of quartz, rock crystal and one of red jasper. Seshadri groups the collection on typological basis into two categories: (i) Jalahalli microlithic industry with a preponderance of crescents, points and arrowheads, indicating a hunting economy and environment; and (ii) Brahmagiri microlithic industry consisting primarily of parallel-sided flakes, and Gravettian-like pen-knife blades, implying a semi-urban culture in which arrowheads, crescent, etc., are absent.