The Chalcolithic sites of Balathal and Gilund in Rajasthan belong to which culture?
- A.Ahar or Banas culture
- B.Jorwe culture
- C.Malwa culture
- D.Painted Grey Ware culture
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Ahar or Banas culture. Balathal in Udaipur district and Gilund in Rajsamand district stand in the Banas basin of southern Rajasthan and share the Black and Red Ware, the copper working and the stone and mud brick houses of the Ahar culture, named after its type site at Ahar in Udaipur. Balathal is additionally known for a massive fortified enclosure built of stone and mud.
Option B is wrong because the Jorwe culture belongs to Maharashtra, with sites such as Inamgaon and Daimabad. Option C is wrong because the Malwa culture is centred on Madhya Pradesh, with Navdatoli as its best known settlement. Option D is wrong because Painted Grey Ware belongs to the upper Ganga valley of the Later Vedic age, and in Rajasthan appears only at eastern sites such as Noh.
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Practice Questions
View allKalibangan, the Harappan site of Rajasthan, is situated on the bank of which river?
- A.Banas
- B.Ghaggar
- C.Luni
- D.Chambal
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Kalibangan lies in Hanumangarh district on the left bank of the now dry bed of the Ghaggar, the river that many scholars identify with the Saraswati of the Vedic texts.
Read the full explanation →The earliest known ploughed field in the world has been reported from which site?
- A.Lothal
- B.Kalibangan
- C.Dholavira
- D.Banawali
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In the pre Harappan level at Kalibangan the excavators found a field with furrows running in two directions and crossing at right angles, exactly the pattern of mixed cropping still used in the region, where one crop is sown in the wider spaced furrows and another in the closer ones.
Read the full explanation →Which ancient site of Rajasthan was known as Tambavati?
- A.Ahar
- B.Bairath
- C.Rairh
- D.Noh
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Ahar lies on the Ayad river within present day Udaipur and was called Tambavati, which means the place of copper, because so much copper was smelted and worked there.
Read the full explanation →Bagor, one of the largest Mesolithic sites of India, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhilwara
- B.Nagaur
- C.Sikar
- D.Tonk
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Bagor stands on the Kothari river in Bhilwara district and was excavated by V. N. Misra. The site produced thousands of tiny stone tools called microliths, along with human burials and large numbers of animal bones, among them sheep and goat, which are read as evidence for early herding.
Read the full explanation →An edict of Ashoka has been found in Rajasthan at which place?
- A.Nagari
- B.Bairath
- C.Balathal
- D.Gilund
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Bairath, also called Viratnagar, in Jaipur district is the chief Mauryan site of Rajasthan.
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