Odhare Not only is it old, but the very existence of the Himalayan land of Sikkim is looked upon more as being a part of ancient times. The archaeological findings of different Neolithic tools in this part of the Himalayas over the last six decades speak of its antiquity . It may be of little importance to many. However, findings of various Neolithic tools from remote pockets in Sikkim over the past five decades have still collected vivid interest among people beyond this region. On three separate occasions, Neolithic tools had been dug out of Sikkim, which revealed the age of this Himalayan mountainland much earlier than we had supposed. "The term Neolithic Period, or New Stone Age, defines the second period, at the beginning of which ground and usually polished rock tools, notable axes, came into widespread use after the adoption of a new technique of stone working. With the beginning of the Neolithic, the retreat of the last glaciers and the invention of food crops involv...
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