Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic Age

The people of Mesolithic Age used to satisfy their by hunger by hunting, fishing and gathering food. They also became engaged in domestication of animals. the occupations like hunting,, fishing and gathering of food had been in existence since Paleolithic Age. However, the domestication of animals is related to Neolithic Age. 

The tools of Mesolithic man were very much different from his predecessors. The tools were small and known as microliths, mainly found in regions like Rajasthan, South Uttar Pradesh, Central and Eastern India and Southern part of Krishna river.