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Telegram channel link :- https://t.me/+bCR82sVXfB80NzM1 Ancient India can be studied under other heads like Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic period – based on the type of stone/ metal tools people used. Paleolithic Period (2 million BC – 10,000 BC) Fire Tools made up of lime stone Ostrich Eggs Important Paleolithic sites: Bhimbetka (M.P), Hunsgi, Kurnool Caves, Narmada Valley (Hathnora, M.P), Kaladgi Basin Mesolithic Period (10,000 BC – 8,000 BC) Major Climatic Change happened Domestication of animals ie Cattle rearing started Microliths found at Brahmagiri (Mysore), Narmada, Vindya, Gujarat Neolithic Period (8000 BC – 4,000 BC) Agriculture Started Wheel discovered Inamgaon = An early village Important Neolithic Sites : Burzahom(Kashmir), Gufkral(Kashmir), Mehrgarh(Pakistan), Chirand(Bihar), Daojali Hading(Tripura/Assam), Koldihwa(UP), Mahagara(UP), Hallur(AP), Paiyampalli(AP), Maski, Kodekal, Sangana Kaller, Utnur, Takkala Kota. NB: Megalithic Sites: Brahmagiri, Adichanallur Chalcolithic Period (4000 BC – 1,500 BC) Copper Age. Can be considered part of Bronze Age. (Bronze = Copper + Tin) Indus Valley Civilization (BC 2700 – BC 1900). Also cultures at Brahmagiri, Navada Toli (Narmada region), Mahishadal (W.Bengal), Chirand (Ganga region) Iron Age (BC 1500 – BC 200) Vedic Period (Arrival of Aryans ie. BC 1600 – BC 600) – Nearly 1000 years (Basic books of Hinduism, ie Vedas were composed, might have written down later.) Jainism and Buddhism Mahajanapadas – Major Civilization after Indus Valley- On banks of river Ganga Magadha empire – Bimbisara of Haryanka Kula Sisunga dynasty – Kalasoka (Kakavarnin) Nanda empire – Mahapadma-nanda, Dhana-nanda Persian- Greek: Alexander 327 BC