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Figure 4. Archaeological sites in northwestern India, 65° - 82°E; 25.1° - 34°N.

forming the lower part of the Quaternary succession (Figure 6)
at Jamsar near Bikaner. The artifact is, in fact, a roll-down
door or window blind or curtain made from chopped sticks of

bamboo, neatly woven with thread or string (Figure 8). The
bamboo sticks were held together with the help of threads/
string in a systematic manner. The thread or string appears to

Figure 5. Elephant fossils in the gypsum deposit in the Thar Desert. After Paliwal [2003].