The Stone Age
The Stone Age
- Who is credited with pioneering in the Stone Age research? Robert Bruce Foote (1863)
- What is the earliest period of human history? Paleolithic Age (Stone Age)
- What material was used to make tools and weapons in ancient India? Stone
- According to ancient Indian geography, of which landmass was India a part? Jambudvipa (Jambu Island)
- Where was the first evidence of human presence in India found? Hathnora (a village on the banks of the Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh)
- Which archaeological site contains evidence spanning from the Stone Age to the Harappan Civilization? Mehrgarh (Pakistan)
- Which archaeological site shows evidence of ploughed fields? Kalibangan (Rajasthan)
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- Which was the first animal domesticated during the Stone Age? Dog
- Who first coined the term “Neolithic Age” (New Stone Age)? Sir John Lubbock
- What is the name of the first human species distinct from others, resembling *Homo sapiens*? *Pithecanthropus*
- How are “Megalithic” stone structures or monuments identified? By their association with the burial of the dead
- Where is the earliest evidence of settled human life found? Mehrgarh
- According to archaeological evidence, to which period is the origin of animal husbandry attributed? Mesolithic Age (9000–4000 BC)
- Where is direct evidence of animal husbandry from the Mesolithic period found? Adamgarh
- When was agriculture first practiced in human history? Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) (4000–2500 BC)
- What was the first food grain used by early humans? = Barley
- What is another name for the Chalcolithic period? = Copper-Stone Age
- Who was the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India? = Alexander Cunningham (1861)
- Where are the greatest number of Paleolithic cave paintings found? = Bhimbetka (M.P.)
- From which period do the first evidences of pottery date? = Stone Age
- To which period do pebble tools belong? = Lower Paleolithic period
- Who served as the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India? = John Marshall (1909–1928)
- Which culture is known as the ‘Tambavati’ culture? = Ahar culture
- To which period do the tools discovered in the Belan Valley belong? = Early or Lower Paleolithic period
- Which historical period describes humans as hunters and food gatherers? = Paleolithic period
- People of the Chalcolithic civilization in Maharashtra buried their dead within their houses in a north-south orientation.
- What are two well-known Mesolithic sites in India? = Mahadaha and Sarai Nahar Rai
- When did the evolution of modern humans (*Homo sapiens*) occur? = Late or Upper Paleolithic period (40,000 BC – 10,000 BC)
- When did humans begin using fire? = Stone Age
- What is the only source of fossils in India? = Shivalik Himalayas
- Where was the earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent found? = Mehrgarh
- From which archaeological site were bone tools discovered? = Sarai Nahar Rai (U.P.)
- India’s first rock paintings were discovered in 1867 at Sohagighat (Kaimur Hills, U.P.).