Neolithic and Chalcolithic farmers of the Ganges

Neolithic and Chalcolithic farmers of the Ganges appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Gangetic plain and Nepal (South Asia) from c. 3200 to 1000 BCE, a span of more than 2,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Village farmers at sites such as Lahuradewa, Chirand and Koldihwa, among the earliest rice growers of South Asia, who kept cattle and made cord-marked pottery before copper came into use.

See Neolithic and Chalcolithic farmers of the Ganges on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 3200 to 1000 BCE

Duration

more than 2,200 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Gangetic plain and Nepal, 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
• 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
• 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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