{"id":1931,"date":"2017-02-01T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T05:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2025-09-27T11:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:28:37","slug":"ancient-india-history-general-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/ancient-india-history-general-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient India History General Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pre-historic India<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  1. The history of human settlements in India goes back to pre-historic times.<\/li>\n
  2. The archaeological remains are found in different parts of India to reconstruct the history of this period.<\/li>\n
  3. In india, the pre-historic period is divided into the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic ( MIddle Stone Age), Neolithic (New Stone Age) and the Metal Age.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    1. The Old Stone Age sites are widely found in various parts of the Indian subcontinents. These sites are generally located near water sources.<\/li>\n
    2. Man invented fire by rubbing two pieces of flint. Man used leaves, barks of tress and skins of animals to cover his body.<\/li>\n
    3. A few Old Stone Age paintings have also been found on rocks at Bhimbetka and Other Places.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age<\/strong><\/div>\n
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      1. The next stage of human life is called Mesolithic Stone Age, which falls roughly from 1000 B.C. to 6000 B.C.<\/li>\n
      2. The hunting-gathering pattern of life continued during this period.<\/li>\n
      3. The use of bow and arrow also began during this period. Also, there began a tendency to settle for longer periods in an area. Therefore, domestication of animals, horticulture and primitive cultivation started.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Neolithic Age or New Stone Age<\/strong><\/div>\n
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        1. During this period, the wheel was invented, It was a turning point in the life of man.<\/li>\n
        2. The chief characteristic feature of the Neolithic culture are the practice of agriculture, domestication of animals, polishing of stone tools and the burial of the dead.<\/li>\n
        3. Large urns were used as coffins for the burial of the dead.<\/li>\n
        4. The people of Neolithic Age used clothes made of cotton and wool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          Metal Age<\/strong><\/div>\n
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          1. The Neolithic period is followed by Chalcolithic\u00a0(Copper Stone) Period when copper and bronze came to be used.<\/li>\n
          2. The Chalcolithic age is followed by Iron Age.<\/li>\n
          3. In the Iron Age, Ploughs and daggers were made of iron. It led to yhe overall development of mankind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Pre-historic India The history of human settlements in India goes back to pre-historic times. The archaeological remains are found in different parts of India to reconstruct the history of this period. In india, the pre-historic period is divided into the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic ( MIddle Stone Age), Neolithic (New Stone Age) and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":893,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}