Which of the following is a correct order of placement of major Harappan settlements from north to south?
Lakhmirwala, Banawali, Rakhigarhi, Bhirrana
These Harappan settlements lie along the Ghaggar-Hakra (ancient Saraswati) river belt spanning Rajasthan and Haryana. Arranged from north to south, as marked in the answer key, the sequence runs Lakhmirwala, Banawali, Rakhigarhi and finally Bhirrana.
Similar Questions
Consider the following statements with reference to Paleolithic tools:
1. Isampur was a well - known center of stone tool manufacture located in Gulbarga district of Karnataka and was situated along a small seasonal stream known as Kamta Halla.
2. A Paleolithic blade is a flake tool, the length of which is more than twice its width.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Who among the following archaeologists was the first to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?
Name the site that gives us valuable information about India's maritime links on the Coromandel coast.
Consider the following statements about Harappan cities:
1. Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles.
2. A striking feature is a uniformity in the average size of the bricks for houses and for city walls.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?Consider the following statements about the Stone Age in India:
1. Different periods are identified on the basis of the type and technology of stone tools.
2. There are no regional variations in the type and technology of tools in different periods.
3. Stone Age cultures of different periods evolved uniformly in a near unilinear fashion all over the subcontinent.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
From which one of the following factory sites were limestone and chert blades mass produced and sent to various Harappan settlements in Sindh?
The Harappan site at Kot Diji is close to which one of the following major sites of that civilization?
Consider the following statements about the Jorwe culture of the Deccan:
1. It covers, practically, the whole of modern Maharashtra except the coastal Konkan district.
2. The Pravara-Godavari valleys seem to have been the nuclear zone.
3. The large sites of this culture yield evidence of shifting agriculture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements regarding the 'Levallois Technique':
1. It refers to making perforated Harappa pottery.
2. It refers to making prehistoric flake tools.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In the citadel and lower-town areas of which one of the following Harappan cities, have several large cisterns and reservoirs been found?
Important Questions from Prehistoric period
Which one among the following Harappan towns was almost exclusively devoted to craft production:
Which are the two Indus valley sites, having evidence of cultivation of rice, which may possibly the oldest ?
1. Amri
2. Koldihwa
3. Mehargarh
4. Gumla
Select the answer from the codes given below :
Consider the following pairs:
(Historical Place) : (Well known for)
1. Burzahom : Rock cut shrines
2. Chandra ketugarh : Terracotta art
3. Ganeshwar : Copper artefacts
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Which one of the following ancient towns is well known for its elaborate system of water harvesting and management by building a series of dams and channelizing water into connected reservoirs?
- Aurel Stein, a prominent archaeologist, is credited with the discovery of the Harappan site Sutkagendor, located near the Makran coast. In what year did he first identify this significant archaeological site during his explorations?
