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What evidence shows that humans lived in the Mumbai area in prehistoric times?
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Entrance to Mumbai Harbour, marked by the Gateway of India (right foreground).
Evidence of human habitation in the Mumbai area during prehistoric times is provided by the discovery of Paleolithic stone implements at Kandivli, located in Greater Mumbai. These artifacts indicate that the region has been inhabited by humans for hundreds of thousands of years.12
While these stone tools represent the earliest evidence of human presence, the Koli, an aboriginal tribe of fishermen, are recognized as the earliest known inhabitants of present-day Mumbai.12