List of the Upper, Middle & Lower Palaeolithic Sites in India

Shakeel Anwar

14-OCT-2016 11:53

The Palaeolithic Age or Old Stone Age in India spanned from 500,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C in the Pleistocene Period of the Ice Age. According to the nature of tools and the change in the climate, the Palaeolithic Age in India is divided into three phases - Upper, Middle & Lower. Here, we are giving the list of the Upper, Middle & Lower Palaeolithic Sites in India as quick revision capsule for examinations like UPSC, CDS, NDA, State Services, PSC, Railways etc.

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List of the Upper, Middle & Lower Palaeolithic Sites in India

Upper Palaeolithic Age
Sites	Location
Sohan Valley	West Punjab (Now in Pakistan)
Narmada Valley	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Kurnool Caves Gichchlur Nellure	Andhra Pradesh
Belan Valley	Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
Nevasa	Maharashtra
Sabarmati Valley	Gujarat
Singrauli	Uttar Pradesh
Mayurbhanj	Odisha
Hungsi Valley	Karnataka
Attirrampakam Kortallayar Valley	Tamil Nadu
Pahalgam	Kashmir
Didwana	Rajasthan
Hathnora Bhimbetaka Adamgarh	Madhya Pradesh
Middle Palaeolithic Age
Nevasa	Maharashtra
Bhimbetaka	Madhya Pradesh
Bagor Karmali Valley Didwana	Rajasthan
Singhbhum	Jharkhand
Narmada Valley	Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Lower Palaeolithic Age
Belan Valley	Madhya Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh
Bhimbetaka Jogdaha	Madhya Pradesh
Bagor Budha Pushkar	Rajasthan
Patne Nandipalle	Maharashtra
Renugunta Karnool Caves	Andhra Pradesh
Singhbhum	Jharkhand

It was the first part of the Stone Age. During this period, man relied on hunting and had no knowledge of cultivation and house building. The people of Palaeolithic age were entirely dependent on weapons and tools made from stone as they lived close to the hilly areas, caves, rivers, and rock shelters.

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