A History of Agriculture in India v1.c21.3

v1.c21.3

In the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, the existence of Neolithic cultures has been established in six different geographical regions: (i) Northern, covering Kashmir, the Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh (excavated site, Burzahom); (ii) North-western, covering Baluchistan, Swat and the contiguous areas of the Upper Sind Valley in West Pakistan (excavated sites, Kile Gul Mohammad, Ghaligal and Saraikhola); (iii) Central-eastern, covering Chota Nagpur plateau with its peneplains in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal (excavated sites, Barudih and Kuchai); (iv) North-eastern, covering Assam, Chittagong and the sub-Himalayan regions including Darjeeling (excavated site, Daojali Hading); (v) North Bihar, covering the District of Saran (excavated site, Chirand); and (vi) Southern, covering peninsular India (excavated sites, Brahmagiri, Sanganakallu, Maski, Piklihal, Utnur, Nagarjunakonda, T. Narsipur, Hemmige, Paiyampalli, Tekkalakota, Terdal, Hallur, Palavoy, Kupgal and Kodekal).