What Where & How
Settlements
Historical Sources
Garo hills to the NE and the Vindyas in the Centre.
River Indus
Sulaiman & kirthar Hills to the NW
Son
River Narmada
People settled here for hundreds and thousands of years. People were skilled gatherers.
Men and women first grew crops like wheat and barley around 8000 years ago
This is where people developed in agriculture this is where rice was first grown
Early cities were built here around 4700 years to 2500 years ago
South of River Ganga and passes through the powerful kingdom of Magadha whose rulers were powerful
Collected fruits ,roots & other forest produced
Archaeological sources
Literary Sources
Artefacts
Manu scripts
Inscriptions
Other ategories
Monuments
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These are writings engraved on hard surfaces such
as stone, walls of buildings and pillars of palaces.
These are physical evidence in various forms of art
such as pottery, crafts like tools, paintings among others.
Other categories of archaeological sources include remains of
animals and coins.
These are structures or buildings which were built in
commemoration or remembrance of important people. As time
goes by, monuments become part of the culture and heritage of
the society.