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ID: 8697428
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8697428
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chirand (inhabited place)  Chirand (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 44 24 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.7406  decimal degrees
Long: 084 49 26 E  degrees minutes   Long: 84.8243  decimal degrees

Note: Small village along the Ganges known for archaeological discoveries of Neolithic and Iron Age artifacts, including bone tools.

Names:
Chirand (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bihār (state)  ............  Bihār (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Chirand (inhabited place)  ................  Chirand (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chirand..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 24 March 2016
.................  Singh, Oldest Hamlet, The Telegraph (2010) accessed 24 March 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Singh, Oldest Hamlet, The Telegraph (2010) accessed 24 March 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Peregrine and Ember, Encyclopedia of Prehistory 8 (2001-2002) 129-130

 

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