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Paleolithic and Mesolithic Sites in India

The document discusses the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods in India, highlighting significant archaeological sites such as Bhimbetka, Adamgarh, and Hathnora. It mentions key discoveries, including the first Paleolithic stone in India and evidence of early agriculture in sites like Koldihawa and Chirand. The document emphasizes the rich prehistoric culture and the evolution of human settlements in various regions of India.

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Paleolithic and Mesolithic Sites in India

The document discusses the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods in India, highlighting significant archaeological sites such as Bhimbetka, Adamgarh, and Hathnora. It mentions key discoveries, including the first Paleolithic stone in India and evidence of early agriculture in sites like Koldihawa and Chirand. The document emphasizes the rich prehistoric culture and the evolution of human settlements in various regions of India.

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The term Paleolithic was coined by archaeologist John Lubbock in 1865

Robert Bruce Foot was the first to discover a Paleolithic stone in India in 1863.

Holocene epoch begins in Mesolithic period and marks the end of Pleistocene epoch
The information about this human being is available from almost all the river valleys in this India.
Adamgarh, M.P prehistoric rock
shelters; geometric microlith, pottery;

Bhimbetka, M.P -Mesolithic rock


painting site;

Langhnaj, Loteshwar, Ratanpura,


Gujarat

Bagor, Rajasthan -Largest Mesolithic site


in India,

Tilwara, Rajasthan

Kuchai, Odisha- Mesolithic and Neolithic

Sundargarh, Odisha- Mesolithic cave


painting

The Bhimbetka rock shelters prehistoric Paleolithic and


Mesolithic periods. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Discovery: by V S Wakankar in1957. It is popular for its


prehistoric cave paintings done in red and white.

Hathnora, Narmada Valley -first Fossil site in India; Indicate that


India might have been inhabited in middle Pleistocene around
250,000years ago.
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh- Upper Paleolithic site,

Bori in Maharashtra is considered to be the earliest Lower


Paleolithic site.
Nevasa, Maharashtra Middle Paleolithic and factory
site
Koldihawa and Mahagara in Allahabad district, Uttar
Pradesh - Evidence of cultivation of rice. Domesticated
rice and handmade pottery occurred here within the
Neolithic levels i.e. 9000BC.

BC

Chirand, River Ghaghra, Chapra district, Bihar - Neolithic


and Chalcolithic site and also Iron Age settlements.
Practiced agriculture - evidence of wheat, rice, mung,
masur, peas. Pottery - Post-firing painting in ochre colour
mainly on grey ware.
Sangankallu or Hiregudda, KARNATAKA - Complex of hills
(peacock hills) is 8 km from Bellary. Different types of burial
structures have been found. People who settled were the earliest
agriculturists. Has the earliest houses of mud and stone.
Manufacture stone tools on a large scale shows the rich Neolithic
culture and skills. NEOLITHIC ROCK ART can be seen on boulders,
hand percussion marks of rituals and social ceremonies (ringing
rocks).

Hallur, Haveri district Karnataka - Evidence of ash mounds,


microlith blades. Also represents Megalithic and Chalcolithic phase.
Paiyampalli- Tamil Nadu - Neolithic And
Megalithic Site Ash Mound And Habitation Site

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