HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Pottery design
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Stratification
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Aryan invasion
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Radio Carbon-14 dating
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the basis of Radio Carbon-14 dating, the date of the Harappan Civilisation (2300-1750 BC) has been fixed. Radio Carbon-14 dating is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Radiocarbon dating. The advent of radiocarbon dating has been used to fix the date of the Harappan Civilization (2300-1750 BC).
Detailed explanation-3: -Indus Valley civilization developed between 2500 B.C. to 1750 B.C. as per Radio Carbon dating. Indus Civilization is also called as Harappan Civilization because the first excavated site is Harappa. It belongs to the Bronze Age . It extended from Manda (Jammu) in North to Daimabad in South.
Detailed explanation-4: -the years between 3250-2750 B.C.
Detailed explanation-5: -Archaeologists like Sir John Marshall thought that the Indus Valley Civilization belonged to the period between 3250 B.C. and 2750 B.C. It is the period when the Egyptians, Babylonian and Mesopotamian Civilizations flourished.