Geographical Features & Pre-Historic India 8th Notes KSEEB Social Science
→ The geographical environment has influenced every country and people in the world.
→ These is an close (intimate) relationship between human life and the environment.
→ India is a sub-continent occupying a huge area in the southern part of the Asian continent.
→ India is surrounded by water in 3 sides and land on one side it is peninsula.
→ India shares its boundaries with Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
→ India has 29 states and 6 union territories and one national capital region Delhi.
→ Indian’s geographical features comprise the Himalayan mountains, the Indio- Gangetic plain in the north, the Deccan plateau and the coastal region in the south.
→ The foreigners attacks have been mainly from the North-western side through the valleys of Bolan and Khyber passes.
→ The ancient civilizations of Indus valleys and the Vedic period flourished on the banks of Northern rivers.
→ Many battles have been fought from time to time establish control over this area.
→ Many dynasties established control over this areas.
→ Narmada river separates India into two-Malwa plateau or central high lands and Deccan plateau.
→ The Indian coastal line is vast and stretches over 6100 kms.
→ The eastern coastal line is called the Coromandal coast where as the western coastalline is referred as Konkan and Malabar coast.
→ Many parts flourished on the banks of the eastern and western coastline.
→ The diversity in the Indian geographical environment has also influenced the lives of communities living here.
→ The period before the discovery of the art of writing is called the prehistoric age.
→ We do not know any written records for the study of pre-historic period.
→ The scholars who study about prehistoric Age are called Archeologists.
→ In the pre-historic age man was nomad and indulged in hunting animal and food gathering.
→ Human beings in the pre-historic age used stone stools.
→ Pre- historic people used wood to build huts for themselves.
→ Pre – historic man (humans) lived in Bimbetaka, Hunasagi and Kurnool in our country.
→ Cave drawings can be seen in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.
→ It is believed that 12,000 years ago, a major change took place in the earth’s environment.
→ The new stone age tools had bright and sharp edges.