Day: August 1, 2020

Habitations: The Chalcolithic settlements in South India came into being when the final phase of Neolithic appeared. In fact the final phase of Neolithic culture came into contact with the Chalcolithic culture of the North. The result is a Chalcolithic culture of mixed traits. For this reason Sankalia calls the South Indian Chalcolithic as Neo-Chalcolithic […]

The Chalcolithic culture in India is  grouped into six zones: The Ahar culture zone The Malwa cultural zone The mid-Gangetic cultural zone The Jorwe cultural zone The Eastern cultural zone The Southern cultural zone Features of Chalcolithic in the six zones: All these Chalcolithic cultural zones have the following common features and variations: The settlements […]

Spatial Distribution: Chalcolithic cultures are distributed all over India but they are concentrated in: The plateau region of Baluchistan in Pakistan; The flood plains of Indus region in Pakistan; The alluvial plains of mid-Gangetic region in Uttar Pradesh; The dry zone of South-West Rajasthan; The plateau zone of Western Madhya Pradesh; The confluence areas of […]