History of Rajasthan

Paleolithic Age (500000 BC – 10000 BC)

  • In this period, man used stone tools and did not know the art of smelting metal and tool making.
  • The Paleolithic Age is divided into 3 sub-ages-

1. Lower Paleolithic Age (5,00,000 BC – 50,000 BC)

  • Mainly concentrated in the east of Aravalli.
  • Typical Stone Tools – Handaxes, Flakes and Cleavers.
  • Raw material for making tools – Quartzite, Quartz and Basalt.
  • Lower Paleolithic sites of Rajasthan – Mandapia, Bingod, Deoli, Nathdwara, Bhainsrorgarh and Navaghat.

2. Middle Paleolithic (50,000 BC - 20,000 BC)

  • Tools - Side scrapers, end scrapers, points, borers, flakes etc. Chopper-chopping (Khandak-Gandasa) tools are ....
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