3. Peninsular India
The Peninsula is in
shape of a vast
inverted triangle,
bounded on the west
by the Arabian Sea,
on the east by the Bay
of Bengal and on the
north by the Vindhya
and Satpura ranges
Kerala w
Tamilnadu€
Karnataka (w)
Goa (western)
Andhra Pradesh
(e)
Orissa€
Chattisgarh,
Maharashtra (w)
4.
5. Stone Age
• 1. Lower or Early Stone Age -Acheulian Tradition
• 2. Middle Stone Age.
• 3. Upper or Late Stone Age.
Further Divisions:
• Paleolithic era belongs to Pre-historic era which is
classified in following phases:
• a. Paleolithic
• b. Mesolithic
• c. Neolithic
6.
7.
8. Acheulian Tradition
• Lower or Early -Acheulian Tradition
• 2. Middle -Acheulian Tradition
• 3. Upper or Late -Acheulian Tradition
9. Lower or Early -Acheulian Tradition
• 1.Kortallayar Basin site Attirapakkam
(transition from early to middle -Acheulian
Tradition )
• 2.Isampur in Hunsgi valley
• 3.Bori (upper part of Bhima Basin)
• 4.Morgaon
10. 1.Kortallayar Basin site Attirapakkam
• It is a village located 60
kilometers away
from Tamil Nadu, India.
• The oldest known site for
stone tools in India.
• South India
• Kortallayar Basin site
Attirapakkam (transition
from early to middle -
Acheulian Tradition )
• 2phases
• Lower -Acheulian
Tradition
• Middle -Acheulian
Tradition
21. Jwalapuram
• The location of Jwalapuram in context with
other prehistoric sites in the region of river
valleys of Krishna River and Tungabhadra
River.
34. • Ports and
trade centers
of east coast
of India
• The
archaeological
findings
indicate that
Indian pottery,
beads and
textiles were
traded to
Southeast
Asian
countries
35. Tamil-Brahmi letters on pots
Pot from Early Historic period found in Kodumanal
excavation,Erode district, Tamil Nadu