Here are some important points as general knowledge for your upcoming government job exams in India.
Stone Age GK
- The civilization that developed in the Indus Valley was of the Chalcolithic Age.
- The Paleolithic period is approximately 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C..
- Paleolithic sites include the Swan River Valley in Punjab, Pakistan, the Madras region of South India, and parts of central and western India.
- A large pebble or stone cutter of pre-Harappan age has been found in the northern Swan region.
- In the pre-Harappan period, people lived in groups.
- The predominance of people of Negro descent can be observed in the Paleolithic period.
- An important Mesolithic center is Lakshmanta in Gujarat.
- The one thing that did not exist in the Mesolithic was the potter’s wheel even though there was pottery,
- Mesolithic civilizations have been found in West: Sindh, South: Tinnevelly and East: West Bengal.
- The most advanced of the agricultural regions during the Mesolithic was northern Sindh.
- Glazed stone weapons and hand-made pottery were found at Picklehall around 21000 BC.
- Sangankalpa and Picklihal in the Deccan were notable for their polished stone tools and hand-made pottery during the Neolithic period.
- Neolithic ruins have been found in eastern India, Bihar, Odisha and Assam.
- Neolithic cultural features and influence can be seen in regions like Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Allahabad, Mehergarh, Kashmir etc.
- Traces of Copper-Stone Age people are found at Nasik, Nevasa, Chirand, Piklihal, Banas, Bangpur, Malab etc.
- Coarse silk and cotton threads are the hallmarks of Neolithic weaving.
- VS Wakankar discovered Bhimbetkar (Madhya Pradesh) cave paintings.
- Mesolithic people learned hunting, fruit-gathering, and animal husbandry.
- The oldest Neolithic remains of India have been found in Mehergarh.