INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent, the Iron Age succeeded Bronze Age India and partly corresponds with the megalithic cultures of India. Other Iron Age archaeological cultures of India were the Painted Grey Ware culture (1300–300 BCE) and the Northern Black Polished Ware (700–200 BCE).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iron Age in India is associated with the Vedic period, which lasted from about 1500 to 500 BCE. The Vedic period was a time of great change in India. The Vedas, the earliest Hindu texts, were composed during this time.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Painted Grey Ware culture (PGW) is an Iron Age Indo-Aryan culture of the western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra valley in the Indian subcontinent, conventionally dated c.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between the period 1, 100 and 800 BC, the Painted Grey Ware Culture emerged in this region, including not only the distinctive painted pottery after which the culture has been named by archaeologists, but also a wide range of tools and craftworks in ceramics, iron, copper, glass and bone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: The Painted Grey Ware culture is an Iron Age Indian culture of the western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra valley on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from roughly 1200 BCE to 600 BCE.