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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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