• Dr. Sh. Shantibala Devi

ABSTRACT Archaeology is a scientific discipline which studies history from the evidences of the artefacts and remnants of early human cultures as discovered chiefly by systematic excavation. The first pre-historic research work in North East India was started by Sir John Lubbock only in 1867. Comprises of seven political divisions as Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, her prehistoric stone Age culture seems to have a common genesis. In Manipur, the easternmost State of India, the potentiality of the archaeological study came into light only in the recent years and not so rich as compared to those of the other parts of India. The archaeological studies in Manipur show that the stone age of Manipur may be divided into Palaeolithic Hoabinhian and Neolithic culture. Most of the prehistoric sites are concentrated in the hilly regions of the state.

Keywords: Archaeology, artefacts, genesis, easternmost, Hoabinhian, Neolithic.

"PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN MANIPUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.47-52, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J09.pdf

"PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN MANIPUR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp47-52, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905J09.pdf