1887.] Palceolithic Finds in South India. 2-75 



At Kogannr, 7 miles E. S. E. of Davangere in Mysore, I pick- 

 ed up from the surface a large lump of stone (quarfczite, if I re- 

 collect riglit) one end of which had been deeply ground into with such 

 semicircular strokes. The stone had also been very well drilled right 

 through the centre with a narrow hole a little more than an inch in 

 diameter. No other traces of Neolithic remains accompanied this 

 hammer, which, if fixed to a strong handle, must have formed a most 

 formidable weapon, as the head weighs several pounds. By whomsoever 

 it may have been made, the artificer had a very good knowledge of the 

 manner in which to drill a very hard stone. 



A remarkable fact with reference to the varieties of weapons and 

 tools made by the Neolithic people of South India is the absence hitherto 

 of any traces of their having manufactured stone arrow-heads, such as are 

 frequently found in other countries occupied by tribes who had attained 

 to a very similar grade of civilization. It is hard to imagine that the 

 Neolithic people of the Deccan were unacquainted with the use of the bow 

 prior to the first introduction of iron. That they used brass after be- 

 coming acquainted with iron is clearly proved by the discovery of un- 

 questionable iron arrow-heads in the Patpad cache and in many pre- 

 historic gi^aves in the South. "With an abundance of stone, such as 

 agate, chalcedony, lydian stone, jasper, and chert, fit for making arrow- 

 heads, it is certainly most remarkable that no true worked arrow-beads 

 have yet been found, and it is most desirable that all prehistoric explorers 

 in India should pay special attention to this point. I have found some 

 few flakes of chert and jasper that might have been used to tip an arrow, 

 but I have found and seen none that were obviously prepared for that 

 purpose. 



I give here a list of the localities in the Bellary- Anantapur country 

 at which the Neolithic folk have left traces of their residence and modes 

 of life. 



List of Settlements with their direct distances from Bellary Fort. 

 First Glass. 



1. Kapgal, N. side of hill... 5 miles N. E. of Bellary. 



2. Guntakal Junction 30 ,, E. of do. 



3. Budihal Hill 24i „ S. E. of do. 



4. Iddapinkal Eort Hill 19 „ S. E. of do. 



5. Ditto Main Hill.... 18j „ S. E. of do. 



6. Yelapadugu Hill 20^,, S. E. of do. 



7. Daroji Hill 18 „ N.W. by W.of do. 



