HISTORY

The Paleolithic Age in India (500,00 BC -8000 BC ): In India it developed in the Paleolithic period or the Ice Age.  The earliest traces of human existence in India go back to 500,000 BC. The Paleolithic sites are spread in practically all parts of India except the alluvial plains of Indus and Ganga. The people of this age were food gathering people whi lived on hunting and gathering wild fruits and vegetables. Man during this period used tools of unpolished, undressed rough stones and lived in cave and rock shelters. They had no knowledge of agriculture, fire or pottery of any material. They mainly used hand axes, cleavers, choppers, blades, scrapes and burin. Their tools were made of hard rock called 'quartzite'. Hence Paleolithic men are also called 'Quartzite Men'. Homo sapiens first appeared in the last of this phase. It has been pointed out that Paleolithic men belonged to the Negrito race. The Paleolithic Age in India has been divide...

The fossils of the early human being have not been found in India. A hint of the earliest human presence in India is indicated by stone tools of about 250,000 BC obtained from the deposits. However, recent reported artifacts from Bori in Maharashtra suggest the appearance of human beings in India around 1.4 million years ago.   From their first appearance to around 3000 BC human used only Stone tools for different purposes. This period is, therefore, know as the Stone Age, which has been divided into Paleolithic (early or Old Stone) Age, Mesolithic (Middle Stone) Age, and Neolithic (New Stone) Age.