The Prehistoric period

The Prehistoric period

The prehistoric period in the history of mankind can roughly be dated from 200000 BC to about 3500-2500BC, when the first civilizations began to take shape. The history of India is no exception. The first modern human beings of the Homo Sapiens set foot on the Indian subcontinent anywhere between 200000BC and they soon spread throughout a large part of the subcontinent, including peninsular India. They continuously flooded the Indian subcontinent in waves after waves of migration from what is present-day Iran. These primitive people moved in groups of few ‘families’ and lived mainly on hunting and gathering.