JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Part I.— HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 

 No. I.— 1879. 



Prehistoric Remains in Central India. — By J. H. Rjvett-Caenac, Esq., 



C. I. E., F. S. A., M. E. A. S., &C. 



At a meeting of the Society held in 1874, some iron implements dug 

 out of the barrows of the Nagpore district of the Central Provinces were 

 exhibited by me, and a brief notice was then given of those grave-mounds 

 and their contents. I have long intended preparing for the Society tbe 

 detailed description together with sketches of these interesting remains 

 then promised. But various circumstances have delayed the working up 

 of the notes taken on the spot and the copying of the sketches, and I am 

 only now able to offer them to the Society. 



Last year when in France, I paid a visit to the Museum at St. Germain- 

 en-Laye, celebrated for its prehistoric collection, and there the resemblance 

 between the remains, dug out of tumuli in Brittany and other parts of France, 

 and the contents of the Nagpore barrows presented itself in the most striking 

 manner. M. Bertrand tbe Director of the Museum and President of the 

 Society of Antiquaries of France, to whom the subject was mentioned 

 by me, strongly urged the preparation of a detailed account of the Indian 

 grave-mounds and their contents, together with sketches, so as to admit 

 of further comparison between the Indian and European types. 



The subject is well known to the Society, but it is hoped that the fol- 

 lowing details may not be without interest, and that they may assist in 

 directing further attention to the extraordinary resemblance between the 

 Prehistoric Remains of India and of Europe. 



Barrows or grave-mounds, surrounded by circles of stones, are found 

 in several districts of the Nagpore province. They have been examined 



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