TNPSC Micro Topics

Middle Palaeolithic Culture Industries and Tool Types Chronology Distribution Ways of Life and Main Characteristics

Lower Palaeolithic Culture Wild and DomesticWild plants and animals grow naturally and independently.When they are domesticated, their lifestyle and physical characteristics (such as self-propagation) change.Consequently, the seeds of domestic plants become smaller in size.In the case of domesticated animals, they lose their ferociousness. Lithic Tools Distribution Acheulian and SohanianBased on research, two independent cultural traditions

Introduction Sources Pre-historic India

Religious Faith and Belief System Rituals Philosophy and Education Other aspects of Life Characteristics of Later Vedic Society

Economy Agriculture Pastoralism Craft Production Trade and Exchange

Social Organization Family Women

Political Organization

Later Vedic Culture The Late Vedic Texts Eastward Expansion of the Aryans Later Vedic Culture and Iron Settlements and territories

Vedic Religion and Rituals Characteristics of Society

Polity and Administration