131
edits
Add History
(Reducing the size of the page) Tag: Replaced |
(Add History) |
||
| Line 139: | Line 139: | ||
The [[population]] of the state is 199,581,477 ([[census]] 2011). It covers an area of 93,933 [[square mile|mi²]] (243,286 [[km²]]). It is bigger than the [[United Kingdom]] but smaller than [[Guinea]]. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the [[North India]]n zone. | The [[population]] of the state is 199,581,477 ([[census]] 2011). It covers an area of 93,933 [[square mile|mi²]] (243,286 [[km²]]). It is bigger than the [[United Kingdom]] but smaller than [[Guinea]]. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the [[North India]]n zone. | ||
==History== | |||
[[Modern human]] hunter-gatherers have been in Uttar Pradesh <ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMoJj-0Z94UC&pg=PA69&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> <ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=r4s-YsP6vcIC&pg=PA58&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> <ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=35DP1Z-2dnYC&pg=PA96&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> since between around 85,000 and 72,000 years ago. There have also been prehistorical finds in Uttar Pradesh from the Middle and Upper [[Paleolithic]] dated to 21,000–31,000 years old<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379107003162?via%3Dihub</ref> and Mesolithic/Microlithic hunter-gatherer settlement, near Pratapgarh, from around 10550–9550 BC. Villages with domesticated cattle, sheep, and goats and evidence of agriculture began as early as 6000 BC, and gradually developed between c. 4000 and 1500 BC beginning with the Indus Valley Civilisation and Harappa Culture to the Vedic period and extending into the Iron Age.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=W6zQHNavWlsC&pg=PA263&redir_esc=y</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=r4s-YsP6vcIC&pg=PA119&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||