Hyderabad: A quartz tool dating dating back thousands of years was identified on the hill behind Beerappa Gudi temple, opposite Manchirevula.Sreeramoju Haragopal, convener of the New Telangana History Group, and Meer Omar Ali Khan, vice-president of Climate Front Telangana, identified the quartz tool — which measures 7 cm in length and 11 cm in circumference.Upon examining the photo of the tool, Prof Ravi Korisettar of Dharwad University identified it as an upper palaeolithic quartz point. In India, the Upper Palaeolithic period dates between approximately 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.During the Upper Palaeolithic era, early humans crafted tools using quartz, quartzite and chert stones. The newly identified quartz point resembles a small stone axe or hand tool.The find was described as a marker in Hyderabad’s history, with the discovery pointing to the presence of material linked to the Upper Palaeolithic period on Manchirevula Hill.The field research was carried out by Sreeramoju Haragopal, convener, Kotha Telangana Charitrabrundam, and Meer Omar Ali Khan, vce-president, Climate Front Telangana.
