Paleolithic Sites in India Kuliana and Kamarpara, Burhabalang, Brahmani and Mahanadi valley sites are located in Orissa, India. Sohan valley (a tributary of the Indus) site is located near the city of Rawalpindi, Pakisthan. Giddalur, Nagarjunakonda sites in Andhra Pradesh, … [Read more...]
Culture of Paleolithic Age in India
Two major traditions have been recognized by most of the Prehistorians so far Indian Paleolithic culture is concerned. A flake-tool tradition of North-west India centering round Sohan valley in Pakistan (Rawalpindi). Most of the tools were made on pebbles, comparable to Clactonian-Levalloisian … [Read more...]
Neolithic Stone Age Civilization in India
Era or Period of Neolithic Age is also known as New Stone Age. Numerous polished celts (ordinary & shouldered), pot-sherds of kiln-baked painted pottery have been discovered from the different In India, Neolithic sites of Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Chotonagpur, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, … [Read more...]
Mesolithic Sites in India
A brief overview of the Mesolithic sites in India is given below: Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, Shivanna valley in Madhya Pradesh have a number of middle Stone Age sites. Sabarmati valley sites like Akhaj, Valasana, Hirapur, Lunjhnaj in Gujarat, discovered by Sankalia. Luni River in South West … [Read more...]
Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age) Culture in India
The Mesolithic culture in India corresponds to the second cultural phase of Pleistocene. Indian microlithism was first marked by Carllayle as early as 1867 from Vindhyan rock-shelter. Later on, Cockburn and Rivett Carnac discovered more microlithic sites. These earlier scholars considered these … [Read more...]
History of Fire Making
Fire Making Fire may be considered as one of the chief agents of human cultural progress. Indeed, no single material trait other than fire could lift man above the level of other animals. In the remote prehistoric past, human being commanded the animal world as he could discover and master fire. In … [Read more...]
Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic Age in India
There are evicence of Paleolithic, Mesolithic and the Neolithic Age in India . Traces of the existence of mankind in the form of stone tools are used to have been found in all parts of Asia including India. It seems a curious confidence that all the Pre-historic stone tools in the world are … [Read more...]