Archaeologists have not too long ago discovered uncommon stone tools, belonging to the neolithic age, with the findings indicating that Hyderabad’s historical past goes again to about 6,000 years
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Archaeologists in Hyderabad have not too long ago discovered uncommon stone tools, belonging to the neolithic age, with the findings indicating that the town’s historical past goes again to about 6,000 years.
The Neolithic age pertains to the interval when people used tools and weapons made from stone and had simply developed farming.
It was for the primary time that neolithic tools have been discovered in the town, mentioned E Sivanagi Reddy, a retired authorities archaeology official.
Dr. E. Sivanagireddy, CEO, Pleach India Foundation, and Sriramoju HaragopalConvenor, Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam, at Tabelu Gundu’ (Tortoise rock) now developed as visitors Island on the street resulting in BNR Hills in metropolis on Saturday
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Reddy, a famous archaeologist and CEO of Pleach India Foundation, mentioned he and S Haragopal of ‘Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam’ (an organisation engaged on the historical past of Telangana) not too long ago visited a pure rock formation at BNR Hills in the town, domestically often known as ‘tortoise rock’, to discover if there have been any prehistoric rock work after they stumbled upon the mentioned discovery.
He mentioned they carefully checked out a spot between two rocks and located as many neolithic stone tools.
“…to our surprise, we noticed two neolithic stone tools which are known as new stone age tools. One is 12 cm in length and another is 9 cm. The width is 2.5 cm…these two stones are very, very important archaeologically. They are dated 4,000 to 2,000 BC,” he mentioned.
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These stones are nicely polished on the backside and each has a butt finish to carry or to repair to a picket shaft in order that it may be used as an axe, both for meals assortment or as a software of self-defense, he mentioned.
These tools are made out of blue granite stone, he added.
This necessary find reveals that round 4,000 BC, these rock shelters served as momentary habitation web site for folks of the neolithic age whose subsistence was from agriculture, domestication of animals and looking and gathering, Reddy mentioned.
The conclusion arrived is that folks lived at BNR Hills, adjoining to the luxurious Jubilee Hills, about 6,000 years in the past, he mentioned.
“Those people belonged to the neolithic folk. The history of Hyderabad goes (back) to 6,000 years,” he said.
