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| Site | Where | When | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehrgarh | Bolan River, present-day Pakistan | About 7000 BCE | Oldest Neolithic site; earliest agricultural village; first copper objects |
| Sanganakallu | On top of a granite hill | 2000 BCE | Neolithic hilltop settlement |
Worth remembering
Mehrgarh was both the oldest Neolithic site and the earliest agricultural village - and its people were the first to make copper objects .
Still true today
The zebu humped bull raised at Mehrgarh is still the cattle you see in Indian villages.
1. Which river is Mehrgarh on?
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The Bolan
2. What did the people of Mehrgarh cultivate?
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Wheat and barley
3. What did their copper working make them, by about 4000 BCE?
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Chalcolithic people
When
What happened
About
7000 BCE
Mehrgarh
- oldest Neolithic site and earliest agricultural village
About
4000 BCE
Mehrgarh people make copper objects - become
Chalcolithic
Around
3500 BCE
Basis laid for the
Bronze Age Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation
By
2500 BCE
Most of the Indian subcontinent occupied by Neolithic agricultural communities
2000 BCE
Sanganakallu
Neolithic site
