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ANTIQUITY AS SHOWN 



over which the lateritic formations were spread, has under- 

 gone, as already stated, great changes since their deposition. 

 A great part of the formation has been removed by denudation, 

 and deep valleys cut into them, now occupied by the alluvium 

 of various rivers."* Unfortunately, no bones have yet been 



FIG. 200. 



Stone Implement from Madras. 



found in these beds. Worked agates have also been found in 

 the deposits of the Nerbudda, and in the bone-beds of the 

 upper Godavery, " which are, there is little doubt, the same 

 age as those of the Nerbudda, which contain Elcplias insiynis, 



* 1. c, p. 28. 



