This thoroughly researched first volume on the history of India shows that the
development of human culture in South Asia can be properly understood only by
studying the prehistoric past. The prehistoric phase forms the longest period in
human history, covering a few millennia, whereas the knowledge of writing was
acquired by man just 5,000 years ago. The antiquity of man now goes back to 3.6
million years, and since then man has been progressing against all odds. This
book details the systematic excavations that have been carried out and the data
that has been scientifically analyzed to show the stages of cultural evolution
from food gathering