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Neolithic Sites in India
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- Neolithic Sites In India
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Neolithic Sites in India
State-wise descriptions of Neolithic Sites are as follows:
State |
Site (Archeological Remains) |
Beluchistan (Pakistan) |
Situated in the Bolan district, the Mehangarh is the earliest evidence of agriculture best life with a presence of wheat, barley and cattle, sheep, and goat, houses made from bandumade brick, stone blade industry, handmade human statue, human burials with one ggood wheel-made pottery, women, Crop remains, wheat, barley, millet, date, etc. Animal remains-sheep goat. deeR,.antelope, elephant, etc. kili Gul Muhammad (evidence of animals like sheep, goat, ox etc, hand-made pottery, wheel-made pottery etc; Rana Ghundai (hand-made pottery, stone blade industry, bones of animals like shus goat, ass etc, four teeth of donkey) Anjira (wheel-made pottery) etc. |
Indus Valley (Pakistan) |
Sarikhola (Pit-dwelling hand-made polished pottery axe, made by rubbing the stone, etc), Jalilpur Stone blade industry. Animalremainse sheep, goat, deer, etc), Ghumle (bones of domestic cattle), Ghaligai handmade pottery, painted pottery, etc.) |
Kashmir |
Situated in srinagar district-burrzahom i.e. place of Bhurza/bhoj [Pit-dwelling, man & dog buriall (the custom of bursal of pet animals with their master-this custom was rarely found in other sites of neolithic age), pottery of non-indus & non-Baluchistani tradition, Implements made from copper (single example) painting of buffalo of Pre-Indus tradition on a painted vessel]; Situated in Pulwama district -Gufkrall i.e. cave of potter (Pit-dwelling, man & dog burial, Crop remains-wheat, barley, bean, small grained pulsel (masoor) etc. Animal remains sheep goat etec, Implement remains-implements made from stone bones etc). Martand. |
Andhra Pradesh |
Situated in the Son River valley of Sidhi district - Kunjhum & Lalanahia, etc. |
Kamataka |
Situated in Allahabad district-Koldihwa [remains of paddy-grains, husk and straw on pieces of earthen vessel (discoverer-G.R. Sharma)-the earliest evidence of paddy (rice) in the world, small and large earthen pot to put grain, Animal remains-bones of animals like sheep, goat, cow etc, a small pen (Pen-an enclosed area to keep animals), circular huts made from clay & reed, hand-made pottery etc; Situated in Allahabad district-Mahagara & Panchoh (Agriculture remains-evidence of cultivation of paddy (rice), sawan etc, Animal remains-remains of sheep, goat etc, Implement remains-stone axe etc, hand-made pottery); Situated in Sant Kabir Nagar district-Lahurdewa [(remains of husk of paddy (rice)]. |
Bihar |
Situated in Saran district-Chirand [husk of paddy, Implement remains-implements made from stones & bones, rural settlement (huts made from bamboos & soil-smearing), hand-made pottery etc), Situated in Vaishali district-Chechar-Kutubpur (Agriculture remains-storing ditch, huts made from bamboos & soil-smearing, hand-made pottery etc), Situated in Gayadistrict-Taradih [Agricultureremains-remains of wheat, barley, small grained pulse (masoor), Animal remains remains of sheep, goat, buffalo, deer, pig etc, Implement remains-implements made from stones & bones, huts made from reed & soil-smearing etc), Situated in Rohtas district-Senuwar (Agriculture remains-remains of wheat, barley, paddy, finger millet (raagi), bean etc, wheel-made pottery, hut made from reed & soil-smearing), Situated in Bhagalpur district-Oriap. |
Jharkhand |
Situated in the Sinhbhum district-Barudih (implements remains-implements made from stone, Pottery remains-hand-made pottery, wheel-made pottery, etc.) |
West Bengal |
Situated in Bardhaman district-Pandu Rajar Dhibi (Implements-implements made from stones & bones, Pottery remains-hand-made pottery on which imprint of husk of paddy printed, etc.) |
Odisha |
Situated in the Mayurbhanj district-Kuchai and Baidipur |
Assam |
Situated in Kamroop district-Sarutaru and Marakdila (implements remains-implements made from stones, Pottery remains-hand-made pottery and wheel-made pottery, etc), Situated in Uttari Kachhardistrict-Daojali Hading (Implement remains-implements made from stones, Pottery remains-remains of hand-made pottery & wheel-made pottery, etc.) |
Meghalaya |
Pythorlangtein (Implement made from stones, Pottery remains-hand-made potter, etc.) |
Manipur |
Napchik (Implement made from stones, Pottery remains-hand-made pottery, etc.) |
Andhra pradesh |
Situated in Mehboob Nagar district-Utnur (Ash Mounds that were made from burning the cow dung, Animal remains, sheep, goat, etc, implement remains-implements made from stones & bones; Pottery, etc), Situated in Guntoor district-Nagarjunikonda, Situated in Kurnul district-Singanpalli, Situated in Anantpur district-Palway (Ash mounds, bone-made implements, etc.) |
Karnataka |
Situated in Gulbarga district-Kodekal, Situated in Bijapur district-Terdal, Situated in Raichur district-Maski (Ash mounds, Animal remains-sheep, goat etc, pottery, huts etc), Situated in Raichur district-Piklihal (Ash mounds, Animal remains sheep, goat, ox etc, Pottery, huts etc), Situated in Raichur district-Vatgal (Storing ditch, terracottas, pottery, pot/urn burial etc), Situated in Dharwad district-Hallur (millet, huts etc), Situated in Bellary district- Tekkalkota (Agricultural remains-gram, small grained pulse, kulthi, finger millet(raagi)etc, Animal remains sheep, goa t, cow. ox, buffalo, pig etc, remains of huts etc), Situated in Bellary district-Sangankallu (huts etc), Situated in Bellary district-Kupgal (Ash mounds etc), Situated in Chitradurg district-Brahmgiri (Ash mounds, Animal remains sheep, goat etc, pottery, huts etc), Situated in Mysore district-Hemmige. |
Tamil Nadu |
Situated in North Arcot district, Paiyyampalli (Agricultural remains-gram, small grained pulse, kulthi, finger millet (raagi), etc, Animal remains-sheep, goat, cow, ox, buffalo, pipig, etc) |
Note: In the mid regions of the Bhal river valley of Uttar Pradesh and the Narmada river valley of Madhya Pradesh, three consecutive stages of the lithic Paleolithic, Mesolithic & Neolithic have been found one by one that is consistently
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