Originally Posted by
DrRajpalSingh
Some of the oldest implements of man have been found in Dekhan and it has been assumed
that if man was evolved at all in India, he must have done so in the plateau immediately to
the south of the Dandak forest. It is argued that Dandakaranaya which appears in Ramayana
as the abode of man-like monkeys was the area of man's evolution in India. In this respect,
T P S Aiyengar is of the view that ''man could not have originated in the Himalayan cold or the
dense forests or low river valleys [of India] as they lacked all those roots and nuts
on which men subsisted.''