Tag: pre-historic india

Daojali Hading is located in Assam. It is the most well-known sites of entire Northeast India located in a low hillock having an altitude of 1,000 feet AMSL in the North Cachar Hills.

False.

Hunter-gatherers used to live in a temporary settlement close to water.

Traces of ash have been found in the Kumool caves.

This suggests that people in the past used fire. Answer: They used fire to make light, to cook meat and to frighten animals.

The Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age. The Paleolithic Age began about 2.5 million years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C. Remember, that is about 4,500 years earlier than recorded time, which starts about 5,500 years ago. Try to imagine what life was like during the Paleolithic Age.

Settled Life began only after man settled down and started practicing agriculture during the Neolithic age.

It was done by the Brahmanas

Shudra or Shoodra is the lowest varna of one of the four social categories found in the texts of Hinduism. Various sources translate it into English as a caste, or alternatively as a social class. It is the lowest rank of the four varnas.

India's Iron Age emerged in an era of transition known as the Vedic period (ca. 1,500-600 BCE).

Thus, the use of iron in the Indian Subcontinent began about 3000 years ago.

Hunter and gatherers used to collect their food from hunting. They do not used to use any form of irrigation.

Iron ploughshare was used to churn the fertile soil, hence increasing the productivity of the soil. Kings also helped to increase agricultural production by extending aid for building several irrigation structures such as tanks, canals, and wells.