In India hitherto fossil charcoal has been reported from Kashmir, Damodar Basin, and Mahanadi Basin. This work documents recurrent Cisuralian wildfire based on the occurrence of fossil charcoal from India. The authors used petrographical, palynological and SEM studies to analyze the anatomy of charred wood fragments and temperature of their formation. The fossil charcoal has been retrieved from the Cisuralian coal bearing subsurface sediments of Lower Barakar Formation (Artinskian) from Auranga Coalfield of Damodar Basin. Evidences of recurrent wildfire have been observed by the occurrence of charcoal at four levels of clastic sediments in Borehole 2N. The charcoal was subjected to petrographical, palynological and SEM studies to understand the burning temperature, fuel source and plant anatomy respectively. Petrographic studies indicate high frequency of semifusinite vis-à-vis fusinite having reflectance values ranging from 2.87% to 4.1%. The majority of the fusinite reflectance values fall in the range of 2.9%–3.5% indicating the temperature of formation of these charcoals to be at approximately 500°C. High temperature is also indicated by homogenization of cell walls under SEM. They also reveal fungal infestation and degradation in all charcoal samples. Moderate to high degree of preservation of charcoal indicates lesser transportation/post-depositional degradation suggesting a hypo-autochthonous nature. The botanical affinity of recovered spores and pollen suggest that the hinterland was dominated by gymnosperms and sub-dominated by filicopsids, sphenopsids, and lycopsids which contributed to the fuel source.

在印度，迄今已从克什米尔，达莫达盆地和马哈纳迪盆地报道了化石木炭。这项工作记录了基于印度化石木炭的发生而引起的反复的西苏里山野火。作者利用岩石学，孢粉学和SEM研究分析了烧焦的木片的解剖结构及其形成温度。化石木炭是从达莫达盆地的奥兰加煤田的下巴拉卡尔组（Artinskian）的西苏里人煤地下沉积物中提取的。通过在2N钻孔中的四个碎屑沉积物上出现木炭，可以观察到野火频发的证据。对木炭进行了岩石学，孢粉学和SEM研究，以分别了解燃烧温度，燃料来源和植物解剖结构。岩相学研究表明，半纤锌矿相对于堇青石的反射率范围从2.87％到4.1％不等。大部分的马氏体反射率值在2.9％至3.5％的范围内，表明这些木炭的形成温度约为500°C。在SEM下，细胞壁的均质化也表明了高温。它们还揭示了所有木炭样品中的真菌侵染和降解。中度到高度的木炭保存表明较少的运输/沉积后降解，表明亚纯自然。回收的孢子和花粉在植物上的亲和力表明，腹地以裸子植物为主导，而丝虫类，蝶类和番茄类为亚种，它们是燃料的来源。