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    The document discusses the pre-historic period of ancient India, dividing it into the Palaeolithic Age, Mesolithic Age, Neolithic Age, and Chalcolithic Age. It describes the tools and lifestyle of humans during these periods, including their use of stone tools, hunting and gathering, early domestication, and early use of metals like copper.

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    Indian

    HISTORY
    Ancient India
    PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD
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    The recent reported artefacts from


    Bori in Maharashtra suggest the
    appearance of human beings in India
    around 1.4 million years ago. The early
    man in India used tools of stone,
    roughly dressed by crude clipping.
    This period is therefore, known as the
    Stone Age, which has been divided into
    The Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age
    The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
    The Neolithic or New Stone Age

    The Palaeolithic Age

    The Neolithic Age


    (4000-1000 BC)
    G

    (500000-9000 BC)
    G

    Palaeolithic men were hunters and food


    gatherers.
    They had no knowledge of agriculture,
    fire or pottery; they used tools of
    unpolished, rough stones and lived in
    cave rock shelters.
    They are also called Quartzite men.
    Homo Sapiens first appeared in the
    last phase of this period.
    This age is divided into three phases
    according to the nature of the stone
    tools used by the people and the
    change in the climate.

    The Mesolithic Age

    The Mesolithic people lived on hunting,


    fishing and food-gathering. At a later
    stage, they also domesticated animals.
    The people of the Palaeolithic and
    Mesolithic ages practised painting.
    Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh, is a
    striking site of pre-historic painting.

    The people of this age used tools and


    implements of polished stone. They
    particularly used stone axes.
    It is interesting that in Burzahom,
    domestic dogs were buried w ith their
    masters in their graves.
    First use of hand made pottery and
    potter wheel appears during the
    Neolithic age. Neolithic men lived in
    caves and decorated their walls w ith
    hunting and dancing scenes.

    The Chalcolithic Age


    (4500-3500 BC)
    The metal implements made by them
    were mostly the imitations of the stone
    forms. Copper was the first metal used by
    men and the culture based on the use of
    stone and copper tools is called the
    Chalcolithic Culture.

    (9000-4000 BC)
    G

    It intervened as a transitional phase


    between the Palaeolithic Age and the
    Neolithic Age.
    In this age, the climate became warm
    and dry which brought about changes
    in fauna and flora and made it possible
    for human beings to move to new areas.

    Maharashtra

    Dead body in North-South


    position

    South India

    Dead body in East-West


    position

    West India

    Complex, Extended burial

    East India

    Fractional burial

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