INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest evidence of rice cultivation in Mainland Southeast Asia come from the Ban Chiang site in northern Thailand (ca. 2000 to 1500 BC); and the An Sơn site in southern Vietnam (ca. 2000 to 1200 BC). A genomic study indicates that rice diversified into Maritime Southeast Asia between 2, 500 and 1, 500 years ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -Around 10, 000 years ago, as the Pleistocene gave way to our current geological epoch, a group of hunter-gathers near China’s Yangtze River began changing their way of life. They started to grow rice.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was during the Neolithic period (c 2200-1200 BC), that rice and millet are first found as domestic crops. Beyond 2200 BC, mainland Southeast Asia sustained hunter-gatherers who occupied upland roc shelters, coastal habitats and inland plains.