Mesolithic Age (10,000-6,000 BC)(मध्यपाषाण काल (10, 000-6, 000 ईसा पूर्व))

Mesolithic Age (10,000-6,000 BC)(मध्यपाषाण काल (10, 000-6, 000 ईसा पूर्व))

 

It was the transitional period (संक्रमणकालीन अवधि) between Palaeolithic and Neolithic ages (पुरापाषाण काल और नवपाषाण काल). Its characteristic tools are microliths, all made of stone. The microliths were first discovered by Carlyle in 1867 from Vindhyan Rock Shelters. This Age is also known by various names like Late Stone Age or Microlithic Age. The Mesolithic people lived on hunting, fishing and food-gathering. Earliest domestication of animals (जानवरों का पालना) has also been witnessed from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
 

Mesolithic Tools: 

Tools are characterised by parallel-sided blades taken out from prepared cores of fine-materials as chert, crystal, chalcedony, jasper, carnelian, agate etc. and were generally one to five centimetres long.
 

Paintings: 

At various sites in Bhimbetka, Adamgarh, etc. rock and cave paintings have been discovered which belong to this period. In these paintings, various subjects including animals and human scenes have been found (इन चित्रों में, पशुओं और मानव दृश्यों सहित विभिन्न विषयों को मिला है). Animals are the most frequently depicted subject (चित्रित विषय) either alone or in large and small groups and shown in various poses.

Depiction of human figures in rock paintings is quite common (रॉक पेंटिंग्स में मानव आकृतियों का चित्रण काफी आम है). Dancing, running, hunting, playing games and quarrelling were commonly depicted scenes. Colours like deep red, green, white and yellow were used in making these drawings.

By this time, paintings have started depicting humans as central fIgure, that too in groups which indicates the beginning of community life (जो सामुदायिक जीवन की शुरुआत को इंगित करता है).


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