NEOLITHIC-THE AGE OF FOOD PRODUCERS

NEOLITHIC-THE AGE OF FOOD PRODUCERS

Mehrgarh, northwestern Baluchistan is the only Neolithic Site in the Indian Subcontinent is of 7000 BC. The man of this period used tools and implements made of Polished Stones, particularly the stone axe. The new stone man was a cattle herder and had a pastoral economy. The neolithic people were more advance. They cultivated wheat, cotton, and lived in mud-brick houses. The neolithic site of Allahabad shows cultivation of the rice. The neolithic people were at the threshold of civilization.

THE IMPORTANT NEOLITHIC SITES IN INDIA

LOCATION IN INDIA SITESAREASIGNIFICANCE
NORTHKOLDIHWA AND MAHAGARAUTTAR PRADESH
EASTASSAMSARUTARU AND MARAKDOLA
EAST PANDU RAJAR DHIBI WEST BENGAL
NORTHWESTMEHRGARH, KILI GHUL MUHAMMAD, RANA GHUNDAIBALUCHISTAN
NORTHWESTGUMLA, GHALIGAI, JALILPUR AND SARAI KHOLAUPPER INDUS SYSTEM
KASHMIRBURZAHOM AND GUFKRAL


JHELUM VALLEYDOGS WERE BURIED WITH THEIR MASTER
LIVED IN LAKE PITS
USED BONE TOOLS
MICROLITH ABSENT
STILL HUNTED ANIMALS FOR FOOD.
SOUTH TAMIL NADUPAIYAMPALLI
SOUTH KARNATAKABRAHMAGIRI, HALLUR, KODEKAL, KUPGAL, MASKI, PALLAVOY, SAGANAKALLU, TEKKALAKOTA ETC.
SOUTHEAST ANDHRA PRADESHNAGARJUNAKONDA, PIKLIHAL AND UTNURASH MOUNDS FOUND

Madhvendra Mishra

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