ANCIENT INDIA

 ANCIENT  INDIA

Pre- Historic Period

It is divided into 3 Parts-

1. Paleolithic
2. Mesolithic
3. Neolithic

Paleolithic Age (250,000-10,000 B.C)

1. Paleolithic culture developed in the Pleistocene period.
2. Pleistocene was the period when ice covered the earth's surface.
3. The main tools used during this period are handaxes , cleavers , choppers , flakes , burins , scrapers.
4. Their tools were made up hard rock called ''Quartzite''
5. The Paleolithic's sites are spread practically all parts of India except the alluvial plants of the Indus And Ganga.
6. The people of this age lived in hunting and gathering , wild fruits and vegetables .
7. Man during this period used tools of unpolished , undressed rough stone and lived in cave rock shelters.
8. They had no knowledge of agriculture ,fire , or pottery of any metal .
9. In the later paleolithic phase domestication of animal was practiced.
10. Homo Sapiens first appeared in the last of this phase.
11. It has been pointed out that paleolithic men belonged to the Negrito race.

The paleolithic age in India has been divided into three phase according to the nature of stone tools -

• Early or Lower Paleolithic
• Middle Paleolithic
• Upper Paleolithic .