A History of Agriculture in India v1.c22.6

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How old are these settlements? One of the samples from Utnur gave as early a date as c. 2295 B.C. The date for Narsipur is 1805 B.C. and for Tekkalakota 1780 B.C., Paiyamapalli, Sanganakallu, and later phases of Narsipur and Tekkalakota are between 1485 B.C. and 1615 B.C. Sequential changes from core and flake tradition and simple hand-made pottery to more developed wheel-turned pottery and the adoption of copper and bronze tools in the late phase are clearly noticeable. Sankalia thought that Raichur and Bellary were probably the original focus of neolithic cultures in south-eastern India and stimulated the development of similar cultures in Andhra-Karnataka and Tamil Nadu regions. Allchin favours Daimabad in Maharashtra as a focal point which, in its turn, received inspiration from the Harappan cultures and even from Burzahom as far as early pottery is concerned.¹