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question, namely, the probable glacial origin of the present topo- 

 graphy of the environs of Bellary, a view he advanced very strongly, 

 but which I can only regard as utterly without foundation. His 

 h ypothesis on this matter will be found quoted in Appendix B. 



The varieties of stone that had been used by the prehistoric 

 inhabitants of Bellary district are enumerated 



Tabular list of varie- 

 ties of stone used by in the following table, which I quote with a 



e pre is one peop e. ^^ mo dification and addition from my paper 

 published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Vol. LVI, 

 Part II, No. 3, 1887). 



Varieties of stone selected for use. 



Granite . . - , . For mealing stones, corn-crushers, mealing" 



troughs, polishing and edging places fo r 

 celt-making on the rock terraces, deep 

 troughs on big blocks for holding water.— 

 A single celt. 

 Epidote-granite. . . . Corn-crushers \ These were evidently very 



> favorite stones and often 

 Mealing-stones. / fetched from long distances. 

 Celts, hammers,chisels, ringstones, pestles, meal- 

 ing stones, corn-crushers, strikers, scrapers, 

 flaking-tools, flakes. 

 Corn-crushers and scraper. Strike-a-lights ? 

 Mealing-stones. 



Celts of a flat type, found numerously at 

 Gadiganur, but very rare elsewhere. Pestles. 

 Small ringstones, beads. 

 Do. do. do. 



A human figure in long garments ; head 



wanting. 

 Mealing stones ; hones ; beads (very rare.) 

 Mealing-stones ; corn-crushers. 

 Beads (rare). 

 A small figure of a bull crouching, with three 



holes drilled through the base. A talisman ? 

 As pigment (rouge), as an ore for iron in post- 

 neolithic sites. 

 Cores, flakes, and beads. 

 Beads, cores, and flakes. 

 Cores, flakes, flake-knives, scrapers, strikers, 



slingstones, strike-a-lights. 

 For pottery. 



( 2I> ) 



Green gneiss 



Greenstone of several varieties 



Quartz (very rarely used) . 

 Siliceous breccia of Dharwar age 



(very rarely used). 

 Hornblende schist (a very silky 



variety). 

 Chlorite schist .... 



Steatite 



Slate, purple .... 



Quartzite .... 



Haematite-jasper 



Jasper, red .... 



Haematite-schist 



Haematite, red, earthy 



Agate 



Carnelian .... 

 Chert • 



Cla ys .... 



