the paleolithic age

the paleolithic age

the paleolithic age in India has been divided into three categories because under the paleolithic age that time people were used tools according to the nature of change in climate-early paltolithic , middle paleolithic and upper paleolithic.

According to the nature of tools and the change in the climate, the Paleolithic Age in India is divided into three phases; Lower Paleolithic (500,000 BC to 50,000 BC),Middle Paleolithic (50,000 BC to 40,000 BC), and Upper Paleolithic (40,000 BC to 10,000 BC).

early paleolithic phase

The Early Old Stone Age may have begun in Africa around two million years ago, but in India Lower Paleolithic (500,000 BC to 50,000 BC) . This date is given to Bori in Maharashtra, and this site is considered to be the earliest Lower Paleolithic site.

                 It characteristic tools are hand axes, cleavers and choppers .such tools have been found in soon and sohan river valley (now in pakistan)and in the belan in the mirzapur district of up and some other important sides are given below. the picture given below fig.1& fig.2

Belan Valley	Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh
Bhimbetaka Jogdaha	Madhya Pradesh
Bagor Budha Pushkar	Rajasthan
Patne Nandipalle	Maharashtra
Renugunta Karnool Caves	Andhra Pradesh
Singhbhum	Jharkhand

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middle paleolithic phase

the Middle Paleolithic phase has been started from 50,000 BC to 40,000 BC.in the middle paleolithic phase people were  used that type of stone tools like :-stone tools made of flakes mainly scrapers, borers and blade like tools .

middle paleolithic sites are:-

Nevasa	Maharashtra
Bhimbetaka	Madhya Pradesh
Bagor Karmali Valley Didwana	Rajasthan
Singhbhum	Jharkhand
Narmada Valley	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat