Ancient History

The three types of age classification according to CJ Thomson?

Stone Age

Bronze

Iron

Three types of stone ages

Paleo
Meso
Neo

Home sapiens occured in which age?

Later paleolithic phase

Stone tool used in paleo age

Quartizite

Acronym for remembering tools in Paleo

AFB- Axes, flakes and Blades

Bhimbetka from MP is of which age

Mesolithic where dogs were domestified

Which period when wheel and fire was invented

Neolithic

Agriculture began in which period

Neolithic

Burzoam, J&K - evidence of farming in which age -pit dwellings

Neolithic

Major sites of chalcolthics

Ahar - Rajasthan, Kayatha- Maharastra

Celt is used in which period

Neolithic

Periods of all ages classification by CJ Thomson

Paleo- 2.6 MYA- 10,000 CBE
Meso- 10,000-6000 BCE
Neo-6000-1000 BCE

Periods for indus valley , vedas civillisation

Indus- 2500-1750 BCE
Vedas- 1500-500

Rig - 1500-1000
Lower-1000-500

Other popular civillisations parallel to indus

Egypt, Mesopotamia, China

Writing style used in indus

Boustrophedron

Dimesions of great bath

12 × 7× 2.4

Mohendaro found by

Rahas Banerjee

Lothal found by

SR Rao

What was called by sindon in greek

cotton

Dolavira is what civillisation

harappa