Read this article to learn about the pre-historic and proto-historic periods of India. Pre-history and Proto-history are terms which according to Prof. M. C. Burkitt are misnomers, for as he observes, there is no period before history begins. Long unknown vista of human history cannot be bound by term like Pre-history or Proto-history, and what we have been able to [...]
Till the second century B.C., the upland portions of the peninsula with the Kaveri delta as the nuclear zone were inhabited by people who are called megalith builders. They are known not from their actual settlements which are rare, but from their graves called megaliths. These are called megaliths because they were encircled by big pieces of stone which contained [...]
Read this article to learn about the Iron Age: The Second urbanisation in India: The period of second urbanisation (6th century B.C. to 3rd century B.C.) noticed large-scale beginning of town life in the middle Gangetic basin. The widespread use of iron tools and weapons helped the formation large of territorial states. The towns became good markets and both artisans [...]
