Kashyap Bortamuly

Neolithic Age: The Exterme Development      Neolithic age or the New Stone Age context worldwide around 9000 B.C. IN this age technology remarkably progress, people developed the art of cultivation, domestication of animals, pot-making, weaving, house building, writing. But the process start in India tardily than western Asia. It has began in India around 5000 B.C. However, the era consist between 9000 B.C. to 3000 B.C. Mehrgarh in Pakistan is the only settlement in Indian Subcontinent . [ Indian Subcontinent includes seven countries- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka ] The people of this age particularly used stone axes and 'Polished ' stone tools. Based on axes used researchers divided the neolithic sites of India in three types- north-western, north-eastern and southern.The north-western sites represents rectangular axes with curved cutting edge. The north-eastern sites shows polished stone axes with rectangular butt and ...

The Mesolithic Age, Prehistoric Arts     The Upper Paleolithic or the Ice Age comes to an end around 9000 B.C. And began a new stage in Stone Age culture, which is called Mesolithic Age. In this age climate become warm and dry which brought change about in Fauna and Flora ( Fauna is the animal life and Flora  is the plant life ), change in climate also made it possible for human to move new areas. Living occupation of human of this age is similar with Paleolithic Age which are hunting, fishing and food gathering, but at a later stage they also domesticate animals, which interrelated with Neolithic culture.     The tools used by human of the Mesolithic Age are Microlithic ( Microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimeter or so in length and half a centimeter wide. ). In India Mesolithic Sites found in Bagor in Rajasthan; Sarai Nahar Rai, Chopani Mando, Mahdaha,  and  Damdama in Uttar Pradesh; Bhimbetk...

The Stone Age   India , the nation of colours, the nation of brotherhood, the nation of spirituality, the nation of gods. India the subcontinent of the great landmass of South Asia, also considered as a giant of two of South Asia and also a part of ancient great 'Gondwanaland '.    The past of India brings with a timeline of evolution, the evolution of human civilization. One of the oldest civilization of the world exists in India. But studying History of India is a little complicated. From the Paleolithic to modern age the land has play role as a spectator. Researchers and scholars have chronologically divided the history of India into three parts- Ancient History, Medieval History and Modern History. In my blog, I have made an effort to simplify the beautiful and rich history of India in this compilation. Here I will start from the earliest period.     The Palaeolithic Age:     The Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases; Ea...