Abstract
A DISCOVERY which, if substantiated, holds out promise of great moment for prehistoric archaeology in the Near and Middle East, is announced from India. According to a dispatch from Karachi, which appears in The Times of July 19, remains of a city of an earlier date than Mohenjo-daro have been discovered alongside the bed of the Indus River at a site known as Kol Deja or Narujadaro in Khaipur State, Bombay. The discovery was made by Mr. Utam Thakur, a research scholar, in the course of survey work. It is stated that shell and earthenware bangles, decorated images and decorative pottery were found. If further investigation should afford ground for accepting the claim that this material represents an earlier stage of civilisation than that already known from the Indus valley, where the earliest city at Mohenjo-daro is dated at about 3300 B.C., it will have a crucial bearing on the problem of the relations of the early civilisations of Sumeria and India. The authorities of Khaipur State have taken measures for guarding the site, and Mr. Thakur is now engaged in seeking financial aid for carrying out systematic excavation in the coming season.
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