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  2. South Asian Stone Age - Wikipedia

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    Isampur in Karnataka, India, is one of 200 some Lower Paleolithic Acheulian sites in the Hunasagi and Baichbal valleys, and is dated to about 1.27 Ma. [19] Although older assemblages have been found in Attirampakkam and Bori, Maharashtra (1.4 Ma), [ 20 ] Isampur is a unique archeological site in that it is a quarry - a site of lithic ...

  3. Lower Paleolithic - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.It spans the time from around 3.3 million years ago when the first evidence for stone tool production and use by hominins appears in the current archaeological record, [1] until around 300,000 years ago, spanning the Oldowan ("mode 1") and Acheulean ("mode 2") lithics industries.

  4. Madrasian culture - Wikipedia

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    The Madrasian culture is a prehistoric archaeological culture of the Indian subcontinent, dated to the Lower Paleolithic, the earliest subdivision of the Stone Age. [1] [2] It belongs to the Acheulian industry, and some scholars consider the distinction between the Madrasian and the broader, regional Acheulian tradition defunct.

  5. Bori, Pune - Wikipedia

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    'Bori Khurd is a town located in Pune district, Maharashtra, India. It is known for the discovery of some ancient human artefacts. The reported artefacts from Bori suggest the appearance of human beings in India around 1.4 million years ago (middle pleistocene). This site is considered to be one of the earliest lower paleolithic sites in India ...

  6. Archaeology of India - Wikipedia

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    In the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent, the Iron Age in India cultures are the Painted Grey Ware culture (1300 to 300 BCE) [18] [19] and the Northern Black Polished Ware (700 to 200 BCE), the later corresponds to the transition of the Vedic period Janapada principalities to the sixteen Mahajanapadas region-states of the early historic ...

  7. Bhimbetka rock shelters - Wikipedia

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    The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period. [1] [2] It exhibits the earliest traces of human life in India and evidence of the Stone Age starting at the site in Acheulian times.

  8. Adamgarh Hills - Wikipedia

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    Rock paintings at Adamgarh. Adamgarh Hills are famous for the pre-historic rock shelters and rock paintings found in the hills. [1] Stone age artefacts, lower palaeolithic and mesolithic implements have been excavated here.

  9. History of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The population density was very low and so far only two localities of this lower Palaeolithic culture have been found in south India. [3] Pre-modern humans in South India, belonging to the species of Homo erectus , lived in this primitive 'old stone age' (Palaeolithic) for quite a long time, using only crude implements such as hand axes and ...