GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Lal obtained his master’s degree in Sanskrit from Allahabad University, India. After his studies, Lal developed interest in archaeology and in 1943, became a trainee in excavation under a veteran British archaeologist, Mortimer Wheeler, starting with Taxila, and later at sites such as Harappa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : In 1951-52, the archaeologist B.B. Lal excavated at a village named Hastinapura in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh).

Detailed explanation-3: -Amalanand Ghosh was the director of the Archeological Survey of India from 1953 to 1968. He is well known for his investigations in Pachmarhi, Taxila, Arikamedu, and Harappa. Most extensive work on Kalibangan was done by Amalanand Ghosh in 1951-55 and later by BB Lal & B K Thapar in 1961.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first excavation at Hastinapur goes back to 1952, when the archaeologist Prof BB Lal concluded that the “Mahabharata period” was around 900 BCE and the city was washed away by a flooded Ganga.