India- Land of Great Heritage!!

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India is a land of vivid history and great heritage. Ancient India was a blend of innumerable conquests of different kings, the capture of various provinces, the enslavement of the lower castes and many major developments as well.

The word India came from the Greek Word ‘Indoi’ which means the people who lived near river Indus. Once India had joined Asia and Himalayas had risen, the land resembled a lot to the place where we currently live.

Archaeologists have enabled us to enhance our history by excavating the various remains of our past.

The early humans were not as intelligent as we are now. They did not have a particular language through which they could communicate. They could not write or maintain records. Nevertheless, they had created the foundation for us to build upon today.

  • The first evidence of the Stone Age culture in India surfaced in Karnataka as early as in 1842 when Dr. Primrose discovered polished stone knives and arrow heads 

The earliest people all over the world were said to belong to the Palaeolithic Age. ‘Palaeo’ means Old and ‘Lithic’ means Stone. Hence, Palaeolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age.

Bhimbetka Caves and Belum Caves are Palaeolithic sites that have remains of Palaeolithic tools.

In earlier days, animals were in a better condition than humans. Most of the animals had developed senses and characteristics. But, the life of humans was in grave danger. Hence, to protect themselves and find food, they began making Stone tools.

By this deed of theirs, we get to learn a very significant lesson of life, which implies in all our situations: ‘’Need gives the birth to Innovation.’’

TITBITS COLUMN!!!

  • Age of the Earth: 4600 million years ago
  • Life started: 3500 million years ago
  • Apes developed: 25 million years ago
  • Humans began to evolve: 5-4 million years ago
  • Modern humans developed: 100000 years ago


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