CHALCOLITHIC-THE FIRST COPPER CULTURE
Copper, the first metal to be used by man. The first to use the painted pottery had settlements on river banks. They did not practice cultivation, but still founded first large villages in peninsular India.
CHALCOLITHIC SITES IN INDIA
| SITE | AREA | CULTURE | OTHER FACTS |
| ATRANJIKHERA | UTTAR PRADESH | OCHRE COLOURED POTTERY CULTURE | |
| JORWE | MAHARASHTRA | SAVALDA | |
| JORWE | MAHARASHTRA | JORWE | DAIMABAD AND INAMGAON ARE AMONG LARGEST SITES BRONZE GOODS INFLUENCED BY HARRAPAN CULTURE WERE FOUND AT DAIMABAD |
| KALIBANGAN | RAJASTHAN-NORTHWEST | SOTHI | |
| GANESHWAR | RAJASTHAN-NORTHEAST | GANESHWAR | |
| AHAR | RAJASTHAN-SOUTHEAST | BANAS | IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF COPPER DEPOSITS |
| NAVDATOLI | MADHYA PRADESH-WEST | MALWA | |
| AMRI | SIND | AMRI | |
| KOT-DIJI | SIND | KOT-DIJI | |
| MEHRGARH | BALUCHISTAN | BALUCHI |
