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==Neolithic period== In South India, the [[Neolithic]] began in 6500 BCE and lasted till around 1400 BCE when the [[Megalithic]] transition period began. The South Indian neolithic period is characterized by ash mounds from 2500 BCE in the region of [[Karnataka]], which later expanded into [[Tamil Nadu]]. {{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} Neolithic settlements have been found in the northwest ([[Kashmir]]), east ([[Bihar]] and [[Odisha]]), south ([[Karnataka]], [[Tamil Nadu]], and [[Andhra Pradesh]]), and the northeastern frontier ([[Meghalaya]]) of India. {{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | header = Neolithic Structures | alt4 = | image4 = Megalithic Monument-KARKABHAT-CHHATTISGARH-DSC001.jpg | caption4 = Megalithic monument in Karkabhat megalithic burial site near [[Balod|Balod, Chhattisgarh]] | alt3 = | image3 = Kadanassery 036.JPG | caption3 = Stone Umbrellas shaped Megalithic burials of Stone Age are situated in [[Ariyannur Umbrellas|Ariyannur, Kerala]] | alt2 = | image2 = Stone circle at Junapani, Nagpur.jpg | caption2 = Stone circle at Junapani, Nagpur | alt1 = | image1 = Mallachandram-Krishnagiri-Tamilnadu-india (41).JPG | caption1 = Megalithic Dolmens in Mallachandram, Tamil Nadu | perrow = 2 | total_width = 330 | caption_align = center | header_align = center | footer_align = center }} The earliest clear evidence of the megalithic urn burials, discovered at various places in Tamil Nadu, date back to 1000 BCE. The most notable megalithic urn was discovered in [[Adichanallur]], {{convert|24|km}} from [[Tirunelveli]], where archaeologists from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] unearthed 12 urns containing human skulls, skeletons and bones, husks, grains of charred rice and Neolithic celts, confirming the presence of the Neolithic period 2800 years ago. The unearthed local and foreign antiquities (of art, architecture, customs, and rituals) depicted by the engravings on pottery and other artifacts, indicate that the prehistoric people of the [[Burzahom archaeological site|Burzahom]] established contact with [[Central Asia]] and South [[West Asia]], and had links to the [[Gangetic plains]] and [[peninsular India]]. Megalithic burial sites have been found scattered all over the subcontinent. The Neolithic period lasted up until 3300 BCE, overlapping with the following [[Early Harappan]] (Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age) period. One of the earliest Neolithic sites in India is Lahuradewa in the Middle Ganga region and Jhusi near the confluence of the [[Ganga]] and [[Yamuna]] rivers, both dating to around the 7th millennium BCE.
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