Rock art engravings found in Goa are the earliest known traces of human life in India.

[15] Goa,
situated within the Shimoga-Goa Greenstone Belt in the Western Ghats (an area composed of
metavolcanics, iron formations and ferruginous quartzite), yields evidence
for Acheulean occupation.[16] Rock art engravings (petroglyphs) are present on laterite platforms
and granite boulders in Usgalimal near the west flowing Kushavati river and in Kajur. [17] In Kajur,
the rock engravings of animals, tectiforms and other designs in granite have been associated
with what is considered to be a megalithic stone circle with a round granite stone in the centre.
[18]
 Petroglyphs, cones, stone-axe, and choppers dating to 10,000 years ago have been found in
various locations in Goa, including Kazur, Mauxim, and the Mandovi-Zuari basin.[19] Evidence
of Palaeolithic life is visible at Dabolim, Adkon, Shigao, Fatorpa, Arli, Maulinguinim, Diwar,
Sanguem, Pilerne, and Aquem-Margaon. Difficulty in carbon dating the laterite rock compounds
poses a problem for determining the exact time period. [20]
Early Goan society underwent radical change when Indo-Aryan and Dravidian migrants
amalgamated with the aboriginal locals, forming the base of early Goan culture. [21]