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The Indian Neolithic is early farming with ground stone. Burzahom, southern ashmounds, and Ganga sites are type regions. Mehrgarh anchors the northwest farming story. Pottery and sedentism arrive in local orders. It is several cultures, not one Neolithic people.
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Introduction
Indian Neolithic cultures are the first farming and herding village sets, with ground stone and, later, pottery. They are regional, not one migration.
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Regions
- Kashmir: Burzahom pit-dwellings, polished tools, and later megalithic contact.
- Vindhyan–Ganga: Koldihwa and Mahagara with early rice claims that remain debated.
- South: Ashmounds of cattle dung in Karnataka, Utnur, Piklihal, and Brahmagiri sequences after Wheeler and Allchin.
- Northeast and eastern India: shouldered celts and rice in a different package.
- Mehrgarh in Baluchistan is the western farming gateway, often taught with the Indian Neolithic story.
Features
- Domestication, sedentism, and polished axes. Metal is still rare. Sankalia and Paddayya stressed local process.
Flow diagram
flowchart TD N[Indian Neolithic] --> K[Burzahom] N --> S[Ashmounds Karnataka] N --> G[Koldihwa rice] N --> M[Mehrgarh west]
Conclusion
- Indian Neolithic cultures are regional farming beginnings: Kashmir pits, southern ashmounds, Ganga rice debates, and Mehrgarh to the west. Ground stone is the shared fossil director.
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