Leon's History Notes

Paleolithic India

Timeline

  1. ~300,000-10,000 BCE: Hand axes and other stone tools are widely used across the subcontinent.
  2. ~300,000-10,000 BCE: Hunter-gatherer communities occupy river valleys, caves and rock shelters.
  3. ~300,000-100,000 BCE: Stone-tool traditions spread across the subcontinent.
  4. ~250,000-150,000 BCE: “Narmada Man”, a hominin fossil (don’t know species) discovered in the Narmada Valley, provides evidence of archaic humans in the Indian subcontinent.
  5. ~100,000-65,000 BCE: Homo sapiens reach the Indian subcontinent and gradually spread across it.
  6. ~30,000-10,000 BCE: Rock art develops at sites including Bhimbetka, depicting animals, hunting and human activities.

India series

  • Paleolithic India