Prehistoric Periods Classification in India 🇳

STONE AGE 🪨🕰️

PALAEOLITHIC AGE 🏞️

500,000 - 10,000 BCE

Lower Palaeolithic 🪓

Tools: Handaxe, Cleaver

Middle Palaeolithic 🔪

Tools: Flakes

Upper Palaeolithic 🗡️

Tools: Flakes, Blades

MESOLITHIC AGE 🌲

10,000 – 6000 BCE

NEOLITHIC AGE 🌱

6000 - 1000 BCE

PROTO-HISTORY: CHALCOLITHIC AGE 🥉

3000 – 500 BCE

(Main source of information: archaeological excavations)