UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2016 · Q2(a) · 15 marks
Delineate and account for the regional characteristics of the Neolithic period in India.
- Chapter
- Pre-history and Proto-history
- Topic
- Palaeolithic and Neolithic Cultures
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