Question

Explain the Middle Palaeolithic Culture in India.

Answer 1

Middle Palaeolithic Culture :-

• The period between 150,000 B.C. and 40,000 B.C. is marked as the middle palaeolithic culture.

• The tools of middle Palaeolithic were characterized as :

(i) The flake tools those are made on flakes obtained by striking them out from pebbles or cobbles.

(ii) These tool types include small and medium-sized hand-axes, cleavers, and various kinds of scrapers, borers, and knives.

• The Middle Palaeolithic tools were found in Central India, Deccan, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Orrisa.

• The most important sites of Middle Palaeolithic period were :-

(i) Bhimbetka

(ii) Nevasa

(iii) Pushkar

(iv) Rohiri hills of upper sind

(v) Samnapur on Narmada