Prehistoric

Indian History · प्रागैतिहासिक काल · 16 facts

OLDEST human bones in India → Narmada Valley (Homo erectus)

FIRST animal domesticated → Dog (Mesolithic period)

OLDEST agriculture in subcontinent → Mehrgarh (Balochistan, Pakistan) ~7000 BCE

OLDEST evidence of rice cultivation → Koldihwa (UP)

OLDEST cave paintings → Bhimbetka (MP) — UNESCO World Heritage Site

Burzahom (Kashmir) — people lived in PIT houses (underground). Buried dogs with humans.

Chirand (Bihar) — bone tools found. Neolithic site on banks of river Ganga.

Prehistoric = before writing. No written records, only archaeological evidence.

Paleolithic: rough stone tools, hunters, no farming, no pottery, lived in caves

Mesolithic: microliths, first animal (dog), Bhimbetka cave paintings

Neolithic: polished tools, FIRST farming, pottery, permanent houses

Mehrgarh (Pakistan) = oldest farming site in subcontinent

Koldihwa (UP) = world's oldest rice evidence

Bhimbetka (MP) = cave paintings, UNESCO site

Burzahom (Kashmir) = pit houses, dogs buried with humans

Chalcolithic = copper + stone age. Still no iron.