How To Read Stone Age For CUET PG History
Keep the following points in mind while studying the Stone Age, and keep these points in mind.This is a very small topic, but sometimes some questions are asked from this topic, based on the questions that came in the previous years.
The following points have been prepared on the basis of which study the stone age -
- - Do remember the explorers of important places like the explorers of Bhimbetka Bagora etc.
- - Present status of Paleolithic sites i.e. in which state is the Paleolithic site located at present. Like the archaeological site named Langhnaj is in Gujarat.
- -Excavations of major sites are done by William King, Robert Bruce Foote, etc.
- - Evidence of skull, evidence of hearth, evidence of agriculture, evidence of animal husbandry have been secured .
Paleolithic rock paintings - Bhimbetka, Azamgarh.
* Important activities of the stone age such as the beginning of agriculture is an important event of every period.
* Complete information of stone sites like - Bhimbetka, Azamgarh Bagor, Mehargarh, Inamgaon, Jorve.
* Important pottery cultures like PGW,
Important Palaeolithic sites
(1) Palaeolithic sites – Sohan river valley, Belan river valley, Bhimbaithka, Bagaur, Patan.
(2) Middle Stone Age sites - Sarai Nahar Rai, Damdama, Mahdaha, Bagor Adamgarh, Chopanimando, Langhnaj.
(3) Neolithic sites - Koldihwa, Burjhom, Belan Valley, Mehrgarh.
Important facts related to stone age from which questions can be raised -
-The Middle Palaeolithic period is also called the Palaeolithic culture.
- Remains of stone carpet painting have been found from Bhimbetka.
- Agriculture started in the Neolithic period
- Sir Gordon Childe gave the term of’ revolution to the Neolithic period.
- Sir John Lubbock divided the Stone Age into the Palaeolithic period into the Neolithic period.
- Father of Indian Prehistory - Robert Bruce Foote.
- Earliest Evidence of Rice - Koldihwa
- Evidence of Animal Husbandry - Bagaur
- Evidence of underground dwelling - Burj Home, Gufkral.
- Evidence of human skull - Hathnora
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