Question

Which of the following was NOT a Harappan sites ?

• A. Sutkajendor
• B. Dholavira
• C. Mehrgarh
• D. Shortughai

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Mehrgarh

Harappan civilization

• Flourished along the River Indus and its tributaries- Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas.

• Excavation by Sir John Marshall (director of the Archaeological Survey of India) in 1921 revealed about this great civilization.

• The first excavation was conducted in Harappa in the present Pakistan by Daya Ram Sahni.

• Since the first evidence for the Indus valley civilization was obtained from Harappa, it is also known as the Harappan civilization.

• It was RD Banerji, who led the excavations in Mohenjodaro in the present Pakistan.

• The period of this civilization is generally placed between BCE 2700 and BCE 1700.

• Sites of Indus valley civilization : Harappa, Kalibangan, Mohenjodaro, Lothal, Sutkajendor, Dholavira, Shortughai

• Mehrgarh is a neolithic site located near the Bolan pass on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan, Pakistan, to the west of the Indus River Valley.

• It is the earliest known neolithic site in the Northwest Indian sub-continent, with early evidence of farming (wheat and barley), herding (cattle, sheep, and goats), and metallurgy.

• The oldest known example of the wax-lost techniques comes from a 6000- year-old wheel-shaped copper amulet found at Mehrgarh.