History Career Anna 2018
History Career Anna 2018 HISTORY The popular meaning of the word “History” is a narrative or recording or inquiry of past events of men in society. History is the knowledge, relating to the development in science, arts, politics, war, religion and law with human efforts in a particular country. It is a written narrative constituting a continuous methodological or chronological record of events to men in society. STONE AGE CULTURE IN INDIA It is believed that man appeared on the Indian sub-continent five hundred years ago. Due to the climatic conditions, except for the solitary finding of the hominid fossil from Hathnura in the Narmada valley, no early human fossils have been found in India. PLEISTOCENE AGE (ICE-AGE) upto 300,000 B.C. There were a number of geological changes during the Ice-Age(Pleistocene glaciation). It is said that Ice-Age occurred in four phases in the Himalayan Zone. Palaeolithic Age; Old Stone Age (300,000 - 10,000 BC) It was basically a culture of hunting and food gathering. 'Palaeo' means 'old' and 'lithic' means 'stone'. Palaeolithic age in India is divided into three phases: 1. Early or Lower Palaeothic (300,000 - 150,000 BC) : It covers the greater part of the Ice Age and its characteristic feature is the use of hand-axe, cleaners and choppers. 2. Middle Palaeothic (150,000 - 40,000 BC): The Middle Palaeothic culture is characterised by flakes. The principal tools are variety of blades, points and scrappers made of flakes. 3. Upper Palaeolithic (40,000 - 10,000 BC) : It marks the appearance of Homo Sapiens and new flint industries; widespread appearance of a figurines and other artifacts reflecting art and rituals; the appearance of wide range of bone tools, including needles, fishing tools, harpoons, blades and burin tools.
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