Belan Valley, Uttar Pradesh: A Prehistoric Textbook of Human Evolution
Introduction The Belan Valley, located in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, along the Belan River, is one of the most important archaeological and prehistoric regions of India. Spanning parts of Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts, the valley has yielded a wealth of evidence documenting human activity from the Paleolithic to the Chalcolithic period. The term…