Abstract
Movius' main theory on the Lower Palaeolithic of Asia (1 ) and De Terra and Paterson's work in India (2) are discussed in the light of some recent discoveries. Some basic methodological aspects of Palaeolithic Archaeology in India are also discussed. The author's discovery and excavations in 1970-71 of Durkadi site are described in details. Durkadi is an occurrence of pebble artefacts with less than 1 % of handaxes and cleavers, found in a relatively undisturbed context in the oldest Narbada river's deposit in Maheshwar, Central India. This deposit (a boulder conglomerate) has been tentatively assigned to the Mindel stage. As a main conclusion the hypothesis of an independent emergence in India of the Handaxe tradition (3) is reconsidered.
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