Preface
A Homage
List of Illustrations
I. Introduction: Evolution of the Mesolithic Concept
II. Brief History of Mesolithic Research
III. Brief History of Mesolithic Research in India
IV. Typology of Mesolithic Tools
V. Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence of Hafting and Use of
Microliths and Related Tools
VI. The Northwest or Pakistan
VII. Rajasthan
VIII. Gujarat
IX. Rock-Shelters in the Kaimur Range
X. Belan Valley
XI. Son Valley
XII. Ganga Valley
XIII. Central India
XIV. Eastern India
XV. Northern Deccan
XVI. South India
XVII. Chronology of the Mesolithic Cultures and their Ethnological
Significance
XVIII. Comparisons with Mesolithic Cultures Outside India and the
Problem of Origins
Appendix I: List of Excavated Sites
Appendix II: Radiometric Dates from Excavated Mesolithic sites
References
Index
