Given the question: I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent was followed by the Neolithic period, when more extensive settlement of the subcontinent occurred after the end of the last Ice Age approximately 12,000 years ago. The first confirmed semipermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago in the Bhimbetka rock shelters in modern Madhya Pradesh, India. Early Neolithic culture in South Asia is represented by the Bhirrana findings (7500 BCE) in Haryana, India & Mehrgarh findings (70009000 BCE) in Balochistan, Pakistan."?
The answer is:
What succeeded the Mesolithic period?