Balangoda culture

Balangoda culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Tamil south and Sri Lanka (South Asia) from c. 3200 to 900 BCE, a span of more than 2,300 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Mesolithic hunter-gatherers of the rainforests and caves of Sri Lanka, such as Fa Hien and Batadombalena, who used tiny stone tools. The Vedda people are thought to descend partly from them.

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Facts

Dates

c. 3200 to 900 BCE

Duration

more than 2,300 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Tamil south and Sri Lanka, South Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Vedda people c. 900 BCE to the present

Events in South Asia during its time

• 2600 BCE Indus cities reach their height
• 1900 BCE Indus cities decline
• 1500 BCE Rigveda hymns composed
• 1000 BCE Iron spreads across the Ganges plain

Neighbours in South Asia

• Kuru Kingdom c. 1200 to 500 BCE
• Panchala c. 1100 to 350 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
• Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

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