<P> Some horsecarts found in Celtic graves show hints that their platforms were suspended elastically . Four - wheeled wagons were used in prehistoric Europe, and their form known from excavations suggests that the basic construction techniques of wheel and undercarriage (that survived until the age of the motor car) were established then . </P> <P> The earliest recorded sort of carriage was the chariot, reaching Mesopotamia as early as 1900 BC . Used typically for warfare by Egyptians, the near Easterners and Europeans, it was essentially a two - wheeled light basin carrying one or two passengers, drawn by one to two horses . The chariot was revolutionary and effective because it delivered fresh warriors to crucial areas of battle with swiftness . </P> <P> First century BC Romans used sprung wagons for overland journeys . It is likely that Roman carriages employed some form of suspension on chains or leather straps, as indicated by carriage parts found in excavations . </P> <P> In the kingdom of the Zhou Dynasty the Warring States were also known to have used carriages as transportation . With the decline of these civilizations these techniques almost disappeared . </P>

When was the first horse drawn carriage invented