INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Europe megaliths are, in general, constructions erected during the Neolithic or late Stone Age and Chalcolithic or Copper Age (4500–1500 BC).

Detailed explanation-2: -Megaliths in India are dated before 3000 BC, with recent findings dated back to 5000 BC in southern India. Megaliths are found in almost all parts of southern India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: (B) Mesolithic With which period do we associate the “Megaliths”?

Detailed explanation-4: -Megaliths, originally meant large stones, are the monuments that represent the megalithic period, which lasted from 2500 BC to AD 200. Constructed mainly as commemorative memorials or burial sites, these monuments are known to be the earliest surviving man-made structures that we currently know about.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. Mesolithic:-Relating or denoting the middle part of the stone of the stone age, between the paeliothic and Neolithic. Megalithic:-Archeology relating to or denoting prehistory monuments made of or containing large stones.