In 1858, a 24-year-old Foote arrived in India and changed it all.
Robert Bruce Foote
, the youngest son of Sophia Wells Foote and William Henry Foote, was born on 22 September 1834 at Cheltenham, England.
Who is the father of pre Indian history?
Notes:
Robert Bruce foot
was the father of Indian pre-history.
Who is called the father of prehistory?
Robert Bruce Foote
: The British geologist who Unearthed India’s Pre-History. He was born in England that India owes the discovery of its rich prehistoric past.
Who is known as father of Indian geology?
| Robert Bruce Foote | Born 22 September 1834 | Died 29 December 1912 (aged 78) Calcutta | Resting place Holy Trinity Church, Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, India | Known for Geology and archaeology of India |
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Who was called India is living pre history?
Little did Robert know that one day, he would be called the “Father of Indian Prehistory.” Born on 22 September 1834, in Cheltenham, England,
Foote
spent his time surveying the rocky landscapes of Trichy and delivering lectures on geology at the famous College of Engineering in Guindy, Madras (Chennai).
Who is father of archeology?
Sir Flinders Petrie excavated over 40 sites in Egypt. His collection forms the basis of the Petrie Museum of Archaeology and other archaeologists are indebted to the methodologies he developed.
Who gave this stone hand AXE?
Now it is known that the first stone tools were probably made by
Australopithecines
. They are found in the Great Rift Valley of Africa from about 3.3 million years ago. New archaeological evidence from Baise, Guangxi, China shows that there were occasional hand axes in eastern Asia.
What is the other name of the Middle Stone Age?
Mesolithic
, also called Middle Stone Age, ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic (New Stone Age), with its polished stone tools.
Which are the Neolithic sites in India?
| Name of Neolithic Site Location Time Span | Gufkral Kashmir 2,000 B.C. | Chirand Bihar 2,000 B.C. | Pikilihal, Brahmagiri, Maski, Hallur, Takkalakota, T. Narsipur, Kodekal, Sanganakallu Karnataka 2,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. | Paiyampalli Tamil Nadu 2,000-1,000 B.C. |
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Who discovered Paleolithic age in India?
The term Palaeolithic was coined by
archaeologist John Lubbock
in 1865. Palaeolithic Age spanned from 500,000 years ago {when tool making members of Homo erectus had arrived} till 10,000 BC. It is divided into three periods viz.
Who discovered hand AXE in India?
A few years after his arrival in India amidst fears of ‘jungle fever’ which dreaded many and forced them to shy away from being a geologist,
Foote
discovered the Palaeolithic hand-axes at Pallavaram on May 30, 1863. Along with his colleague William King, Foote travelled about 53,000 sq.km.
When and who discovered a Paleolithic tools in India?
William King of the East India Company’s Geological Survey
found the first primitive stone tools at Attirampakkam in the early 1860s. Later, more stone tools were recovered from Attirampakkam over a 20-year period by archaeologists from the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education in India and other Indian institutions.
Who was the director general of Indian Archaeology on 1948?
In 1944, a British archaeologist and army officer,
Mortimer Wheeler
took over as Director General. Wheeler served as Director General till 1948 and during this period he excavated the Iron Age site of Arikamedu and the Stone agesites of Brahmagiri, Chandravalli and Maski in South India.
Who was first king of India?
THE FIRST KING WHO RULED INDIA-
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA II
HISTORY INDUS II HISTORYINDUS II Indian Emperor Chandragupta Maurya lived from 340-298 BCE and was the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire.
Who Ruled India first?
The Maurya Empire
(320-185 B.C.E.) was the first major historical Indian empire, and definitely the largest one created by an Indian dynasty. The empire arose as a consequence of state consolidation in northern India, which led to one state, Magadha, in today’s Bihar, dominating the Ganges plain.
Who founded India?
Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama
becomes the first European to reach India via the Atlantic Ocean when he arrives at Calicut on the Malabar Coast. Da Gama sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, in July 1497, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and anchored at Malindi on the east coast of Africa.
