Hukay

86vast plain areas of black soil and being far from any forest is a unique one.Kachnari on the open barrah plateau at far end on the northeastern borderof the district and Gullu-Kho on the edge of forest are the other sites. TheRamnagar site, however, is a river shore deposition. Ecological settings ofsome of the sites or group of sites are shown in Figures 3 to 6.RoyFigure 3: Ghugra prehistoric site. Microliths found scattered in a small pocket ofred lateritic barrah land surrounded by fertile agricultural lands. The present dayforests are found on the east and northeast directions at a distance more than 2kilometres.Figure 4: Dhobi (Tarbani & Shalepani) prehistoric sites found in clusters (1 & 2)in red lateritic barrah land exposed in between thick forests.