Image title: Upper Palaeolithic Period

Upper Palaeolithic Period—

It is basically known for Lithic Blade and Bone tool technology. Robert Bruce Foote obtained bone tools from Kurnool caves as early as 1886. It has assemblages as flake -blade industry, blade-tool industries and blade burin industries. This is a hunting- fishing subsistence period.

The backed points discovered were probably hafted in bones/wood and used as harpoons.

Distribution of sites: Spread in parts of South India- Bhimbetka (Raisen District) cave paintings also found there; Renigunta, Muchchatla Chintamanu Gavi (MCG), Belan valley, and Baghor, Visadi (Central Gujarat).

Faunal remains: deer, four-horned antelope, chita sambar, chinkra, nilgae etc.

Other significant findings were beads, fragments of Ostrich eggshell with engravings—Patne, Dhulia district of Maharashtra

Gallery information:

These photographs are from the section “Harappan Civilization” within the National Museum of New Delhi (India).—The Harappan Civilization, dating back over 5000 years, flourished in the river valleys of the Indus and the Saraswati. This civilization, contemporary to Egypt and Mesopotamia, is renowned for its unique urban organization, covering a vast area across modern-day India and Pakistan. The Harappans developed advanced town planning, including fortified cities with dual sectors housing both common people and the elite.