Deccan hunter-gatherers

Deccan hunter-gatherers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Deccan (South Asia) from c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, a span of more than 1,700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Microlith-using foragers of the Deccan plateau and its river valleys, who lived alongside the first herding and farming villages and traded forest goods with them.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Duration: more than 1,700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Deccan, South Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South Asia during its time

2600 BCE Indus cities reach their height
1900 BCE Indus cities decline
1500 BCE Rigveda hymns composed

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
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Deccan hunter-gatherers exist?

c. 3200 to 1500 BCE, about more than 1,700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Deccan hunter-gatherers?

Deccan, in South Asia.

What language did Deccan hunter-gatherers speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.