{"id":23336,"date":"2026-04-09T19:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jrfadda.com\/exams\/?p=23336"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:04:25","slug":"neolithic-settlements-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jrfadda.com\/exams\/ugc-net\/neolithic-settlements-in-india","title":{"rendered":"Neolithic Settlements in India: Sites, Features, Farming, Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neolithic Settlements in India<\/b> represent an important stage in early human history when communities started living in permanent villages based on agriculture and animal domestication. This period marks a major change from hunting gathering life toward food production settled society.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Historians study this stage carefully because it shows how early humans in the Indian subcontinent began farming, building houses, making tools, pottery and developing social life. The Neolithic period laid the foundation for later civilizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Neolithic Period Meaning\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

The word Neolithic comes from two Greek words. Neo means new lithic means stone. Therefore the Neolithic period refers to the New Stone Age.<\/span><\/p>\n

During this period people began using polished stone tools instead of rough stone tools used earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

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