On the Trail of the Earliest People

Class 6, Chapter 2 : How do we actually know that early humans lived in India lakhs of years ago, when nobody was around to write it down? The answer lies scattered across riverbanks, caves, and rock shelters — in broken stone tools, animal bones, and paintings on cave walls that have survived for thousands upon thousands of years. In this chapter, we become detectives, following the physical trail left behind by the earliest people who ever walked on Indian soil. Let's trace that trail, lesson by lesson, the UPSC ZONE AI way.