Hominins expansion from Africa is estimated to have reached the Indian subcontinent

approximately two million years ago, and possibly as early as 2.2 millions years before the
present.[31][32][33] This dating is based on the known presence of Homo erectusin Indonesia by 1.8
million years before the present, and in East Asia by 1.36 million years before present, as well as
the discovery of stone tools made by proto-humans in the Soan River valley, at Riwat, and in the
Pabbi Hills, all in present-day Pakistan.[32][34] Although some older discoveries have been claimed,
the suggested dates, based on the dating of fluvial sediments, has not been independently
verified.[35][36]
The oldest hominini fossil remains in the Indian subcontinent are those of Homo erectus or Homo
heidelbergensis, from the Narmada Valley in central India, and are dated to approximately half a
million years ago.[32][37] Older fossil finds have been claimed, but are considered
unreliable.[37] Reviews of archaeological evidence have suggested that occupation of the Indian
subcontinent by hominins was sporadic until approximately 700,000 years ago, and was
geographically widespread by approximately 250,000 years before the present, from which point
onward archaeological evidence of proto-human presence is widely point.[37][33]
Archaeological evidence has been interpreted to suggest the presence of anatomically modern
humans in the Indian subcontinent 78,000–74,000 years ago,[38] although this interpretation is
disputed.[39][40]