Overview
Early agricultural settlement in Bihar; rice cultivation and sedentary life.
Chirand Neolithic Culture
Single-site Neolithic culture on the northern bank of the Ganga near the Ghaghara confluence in Bihar. Evidence of rice, wheat, and barley cultivation; bone tools; and polished stone celts. One of the earliest farming communities in the middle Ganga plain.
Territory Phases
Chirand Neolithic2500 BCE – 1345 BCE
Early agricultural settlement in Bihar on the northern bank of the Ganga near the Ghaghara confluence. Evidence of rice, wheat, barley, and legume cultivation; circular wattle-and-daub pit dwellings; characteristic bone and polished stone tools. One of the earliest farming communities in the middle Ganga plain.
Sources
- Hand-drawn polygon
- Allchin, B. & Allchin, R. (1982) The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan
- Sharma, G.R. (1980) History to Prehistory: Archaeology of the Ganga Valley
- IAR (Indian Archaeology - A Review) excavation reports