A History of Agriculture in India v1.c23.s2.1

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Chirand: District Saran. In eastern India, the lower layers of Chirand, District Saran, a site about 8 kilometres east of Chapra and situated near the confluence of the Ghagra and the Ganga, has given a truly Neolithic assemblage. The discovery only underlines the importance of the earlier but mixed assemblages from Sonpur (District Gaya), Uriup (District Bhagalpur) and a few other sites. Three things are noteworthy at Chirand. First, the earliest settlement rests under a thick debris of the Early Historic town and is 3.5 metres thick. Secondly, it is situated in the plain over the old reddish silt. Thirdly, ground or polished tools are few but there is an abundance and variety of bone tools. A ¹⁴C determination from the topmost level of the Neolithic had given a date of 1650 B.C.