History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2013 History
Where were the first Palaeolithic tools found in India?
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CPallavaram ✓ Correct
DTekkalakota
Correct answer: (C) Pallavaram — The first Palaeolithic tools were found at Pallavaram, so the answer is Pallavaram.
Explanation
★The first Palaeolithic tools were found at Pallavaram, so the answer is Pallavaram.
★In 1863 Robert Bruce Foote discovered the first stone tool there.
★The tool was a hand axe found near Madras in southern India.
★This find opened the study of the Stone Age in India.
★Foote is often called the father of Indian prehistory.
★His work laid the base for later prehistoric research.
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