This book on South Asian Prehistory covers the story of humans from the
beginning of the Stone Age to the advent of agriculture and animal husbandry.
The authors have not confined themselves to merely typological descriptions of
tools but have tried to look beyond - to the humans and their society that
created them. As the authors have done considerable work on palaeoenvironment of
Kashmir and Rajasthan, they have provided an environmental backdrop to the
history of human cultures in the subcontinent. They have also provided a
chronological framework to Stone Age Cultures based on a variety of physical
techniques. This is the first time that the