A History of Agriculture in India v1.c23.s3.7
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c23.s3.7
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v1.c23.s3.7
The objects from these small excavations not only confirm the evidence from Pandu Rajar Dhibi, with regard to the nature of the houses, pottery, and burial practices in Period I, but complement it in several ways. Among the microliths are lunates and short blades, a flat copper celt with convex cutting edge, tetrahedral stone weights, and a large quantity of charred rice. The impressions of paddy husks from Pandu Rajar Dhibi were identified by the Economic Botanist to the West Bengal Government as those of cultivated paddy, Oryza sativa.³