History of India: ancient and medieval / Prehistory and the Indus civilisation
Chalcolithic cultures, copper hoards and megaliths
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Regional Chalcolithic cultures: Ahar-Banas, Kayatha, Malwa, Jorwe (Inamgaon, Daimabad)
- Copper hoards and Ochre Coloured Pottery of the Ganga-Yamuna doab; Ganeshwar copper artefacts
- Megalithic burial cultures of peninsular India (Adichanallur, Brahmagiri, Mangadu in Kerala) and early iron
- Pottery as a period marker: OCP, Black-and-Red Ware, Painted Grey Ware, Northern Black Polished Ware
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 9
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, pp. 26-45 (printed 22-41)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Chalcolithic Cultures of South India, pp. 28-29 (printed 24-25)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Burial Site-Adichanallur; megalithic burials, pp. 29-31 (printed 25-27)
- Lesson 2 Early India: The Chalcolithic, Megalithic, Iron Age and Vedic Cultures, Chalcolithic Cultures of South India (Ochre Coloured Pottery, Painted Grey Ware, Northern Black Polished Ware), pp. 28-29 (printed 24-25)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 1
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us
- ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us, Silent sentinels: the story of the megaliths, pp. 5-7 (printed 39-41)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 6. Towns and Trade, p. 15 (printed 42)