Mahagara

Why it mattersEarliest cattle pen and tether evidence (6400 BCE) — India's earliest pastoralism with rice farming; Belan pair with Koldihwa shows plant + animal domestication together.

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Built

c.6500 BCE Neolithic hut hamlet

Period

Neolithic (6500–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000) → Iron Age

Culture

Vindhyan Belan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara)

Builders

Belan Neolithic cattle-keepers and rice farmers

Purpose

Neolithic cattle pen and rice-farming village demonstrating pastoralism + agriculture

Abandoned

c.2000 BCE

Rediscovered

1975–77 Sharma Allahabad excavation

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c.6500–3500 BCE

   Neolithic huts with cattle pen 35×20 m, hoof prints, rice and gram

2. c.3500–1800 BCE

   Chalcolithic copper and iron arrow heads, ceramics

3. 1975–77

   Allahabad University excavations; cattle domestication study

• Cattle Pen Enclosureenclosure35×20 m cattle pen with postholes, tether stones and hoof prints24.9503° N · 82.1003° E
• Neolithic Hut Compoundsettlement12 wattle huts with rice and gram storage pits at center24.9497° N · 82.0997° E