Which of the following sites has yielded Acheulian, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic levels?
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madya Pradesh
The Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madhya Pradesh contain a continuous archaeological record with successive occupation levels spanning the Acheulian (Lower Palaeolithic), Middle Palaeolithic, Upper Palaeolithic, and Mesolithic periods.
This makes Bhimbetka one of the most important prehistoric sites in India, also renowned for its rock art and paintings from these different periods.
Chirki-Nevasa, Adamgarh, and Paisra are significant prehistoric sites too, but none shows this same unbroken sequence across all four cultural stages.
Hence, the correct answer is Bhimbetka Rock Shelters in Madhya Pradesh.
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Important Questions from Prehistoric period
At which among the following Harappan sites are fire altars found?
Which one of the following Harappan sites was a specialised centre for making shell objects?
Consider the following statements:
1. Terracotta models of the plough have been found at sites in Cholistan and at Banawali (Haryana).
2. There is evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan associated with the mature phase of the Harappan civilization.
3. The ploughed field at Kalibangan had two sets of furrows crossing at right angles to each other suggesting two different crops were grown together in it.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
The cylindrical stone seals were used in which civilization?
Harappan crafts display an amazing degree of standardization. According to Kenoyer, what was the possible reason for such an achievement?
