Prehistoric India Notes

The Chalcolithic site in India where the dead were buried under house floors in a North to South position is in — Maharashtra.
A common feature of Megalithic burial customs is the presence of — copper, bronze, and gold objects.
The Sohan Culture refers to the — Paleolithic culture.
Charred and carbonized grains of wild rice embedded in burnt clay walls of huts were discovered at the Mesolithic site of — Bhrigukachchha.
The microlith industry is rooted in the upper Paleolithic industries because — archaeological findings continued from the upper Paleolithic into the Mesolithic.
The use of Iron begin in the Indian subcontinent — around 1500 - 1000 BCE
The archaeological site Daimabad of the Indus Civilisation is situated on the banks of the — Pravara
North-Western India does not have any middle Paleolithic age sites because adjoining tools are not available in — Punjab.
The earliest Neolithic settlements in South India are ash mound types because — ash mounds result from burning forests for agriculture.
The Agrahara in early India refers to —- a village or land granted to Brahmins.
The practice of burying pet dogs with their masters was found in Neolithic India only in — Kashmir.
The first to paint their pottery were the — Chalcolithic people.
The site providing the earliest evidence of animal domestication is — Bagor in Rajasthan.
Sites like Nevasa and Inamgaon show continuity between the — iron and Chalcolithic phases.
The Neolithic site of Gumla is located in — North West Frontier Province.
A characteristic feature of the East Indian Neolithic is that it is based on — rice.
The river along the most Chalcolithic cultural sites were found is — Tapi.
Neolithic people are characterized by — never venturing far from the hills and producing just enough for basic subsistence.
Megaliths are — prehistoric burial monuments.
Pottery first appeared in the Neolithic phase because — several settlements were acquainted with the cultivation of cereals.
The original name of Ahar is Tambavati because — people of Ahar practiced smelting and metallurgy from the very outset.
Chalcolithic people domesticated cattle/sheep/goats, and were gathered in their courtyard because —- domesticated animals were milked for milk and dairy products.
The internal pattern of settlements and burial practices suggest the beginning of social inequalities in Chalcolithic society because —-chiefs living in rectangular houses dominated others living in round huts.
Banas culture also known as — Ahar culture
Gilund was a regional center of Ahar, had a stone blade industry, and Ahar used — microlithic tools.
Concrete upper Paleolithic art objects have been found at — Patue and Lohanada Nola.
Ganeshwar, the Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic site that supplied copper objects to Harappan sites, is in — Rajasthan.
The most completely excavated Mesolithic site in India is — Bagor.
Buddha Pushkar Lake was an ideal region for Middle Paleolithic people because — good stone was found in close proximity to a permanent sweet water source.

Prehistoric India Notes

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