Archaeologists of the ASI digging at the Kote Veerabhadreshwar Temple in Lakkundi, Gadag district, Karnataka, have found objects from the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period. The finds include pieces of a grey clay pot, a stone axe, cowrie shells, a cross-shaped stand and a stone base bearing a carved Jina figure. Lakkundi, known in the past as Lokkigundi, flourished under the Kalyani Chalukyas and the Hoysalas.