| Lifestyle of the primitive man | Lifestyle of the people of today |
| 1. Primitive man used wheat, barley, fish, pulses, millet, white gram, sesame, etc. in their food. | 1. People of today use wheat, millet, jowar, maize, rice, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, etc. in their food. |
| 2. These people tamed animals like buffalo, sheep, goats, boar, ox, etc. | 2. People of modern time tame animals like buffalo, cow. ox, camel, sheep and goats, donkeys, dogs, etc. |
| 3. These people travelled on foot or by bullock- cart. | 3. Today people travel by bicycle, scooter, bus, motor-car, railways, aeroplane, etc. |
| 4. The main professions of these people were farming and cattle ring | 4. Now a days people over and above farming and cattle rearing serve at different fields like small or big industries, small-scale industries, business places, etc. |
| 5. The important occupations of these people were the artistic clay work and metal work. | 5. People of present time do a variety of occupations like carpentry, smithy, goldsmith, clay work, metal work, leather work, painting, etc. |
| 6. Men of this period wore two unstitched clothes and women wore skirts. | 6. Women and men of modern time wear different types of dresses. People wear stitched colourful dresses of different materials which cover almost entire body. |
| 7. People of this period exported definite things/ articles to Europe only. | 7. People of this period export and import a variety of industrial things / articles internationally. |
| 8. People of this period were fond of the game of chess only. | 8. People of today play over and above chess, games like tennis, badminton, volleyball, basket-ball, kho-kho, kabaddi, etc. |
| 9. People of this period used seals made out of clay. | 9. People today use government seals made of metal and paper. |
| 10. People of this period used script of painting. | 10. People today use different scripts of many languages. |
| 11. The script of this period was written from right to left. | 11. The scripts of present time are written from left to right. |