Koldihwa

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{{short description|Indian archeological site}}
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'''Koldihwa''' is an [[archaeological site]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is situated in the valleys of [[Belan River]] near village Devghat. Along with Mahagara, it is one of the few Neolithic sites in Uttar Pradesh. Both are in district Prayagraj. Also, Koldihwa and Mahagara, both are on the opposite banks of [[Belan River]]. Both sites are earliest examples of Rice cultivation [[Oryza sativa]]. It is also the site of the finding of horse bones.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zcyho16xzWEC&q=mahagara&pg=PA558 | title=A Sourcebook of Indian Civilization| isbn=9788125018711| last1=Ray| first1=Niharranjan| last2=Chattopadhyaya| first2=Brajadulal| year=2000}}</ref>

== Features ==
In Koldihwa, archaeologists found evidence of Rice and some fragmentary bones. The site was excavated in '''1972 to 1976'''. Remains of pottery and Rice have found from '''7000 BCE''' according to carbon dating.<ref>{{cite book |author=Purushottam Singh |editor=Vinod Chandra Srivastava | title=History of agriculture in India, up to c. 1200 AD | year=2008 | page=6 |isbn=9788180695216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FvjZVwYVmNcC&pg=PA6 }}</ref> In Mahagara, apart from rice, evidence of cattle domestication as hoof marks and bones of goat, sheep, horse, deer and wild boar were found on clay surface near a cattle pen. This is in contrast with other neolithic sites of Indian subcontinent such as [[Mehrgarh]], [[Chirand]] and [[Burzahom archaeological site|Burzahom]], where wheat was found instead of rice, and other sites of southern India, like [[Hallur]] and [[Paiyampalli]], where [[millet]] was the evidence of grains.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&q=Mahagara | title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century| last1=Singh| first1=Upinder| year=2008| isbn=9788131711200}}</ref>

==References==
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