Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c3.s1: Post Script
Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c3.s1
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Post Script
c3.s1.1
Since the book was written, an important development has taken place. The First International Conference on Asian Archaeology which met at New Delhi in December 1961 resolved that, that the Stone Age in India be divided provisionally into Early Stone Age (or Palaeolithic), Middle Stone Age, and Late Stone Age and the terms "Series II," "Middle Palaeolithic," "Mesolithic" be not used. Though the matter was not fully discussed in the Committee stage for want of time, this direction should be observed to avoid confusion in our discussion. Hence, wherever possible, these terms have been substituted or placed alongside the old ones. For the "Neolithic" no proper term based on culture-economic bases could be found; hence it has been retained, though it is quite unsatisfactory in terms of the known Indian data.
c3.s1.2
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