GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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The Harappa civilization was discovered in 1920-21 by the excavations by:
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R.D. Banerjee and by D.R. Sahni
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Mortimer Wheeler
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Sir Alexander Cunningham
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None of Above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Harappa was discovered by archaeologist Daya Ram Sahni. He supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1921 and 1922. Harappa site was again excavated by Madho Swaroop Vatsa in 1926 and Wheeler in 1946.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, under the direction of Sir John Hubert Marshall, led the first excavation of the Harappa site which led to the discovery of the Indus Valley civilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The civilization was first identified in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and then in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro (Mohenjodaro), near the Indus River in the Sindh (Sind) region. Both sites are in present-day Pakistan, in Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively.
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