INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which among the following sites of Indus Valley era is considered as the oldest “Ploughed field” in the world?
A
Harappa
B
Kalibangan
C
Lothal
D
Rangpur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The report concluded that Kalibangan was a major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization. Kalibangan is distinguished by its unique fire altars and “world’s earliest attested ploughed field".

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Kalibangan. Archaeologists have found evidence of the earliest ploughed field from the Harappan Civilisation at Kalibangan. Kalibangan is located in Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kalibangan, ancient site of the Indus valley civilization, in northern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The site contains both pre-Harappan and Harappan remains, and therein can be seen the transition between the two cultures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kalibangan site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist in 1953. It is famous for pottery and black bangles. Inscriptions, sculptures, earthenware pottery, coins, and seals have been found there during excavation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Archaeologists have also found evidence of a ploughed field at Kalibangan (Rajasthan), associated with Early Harappan levels (see p. 20). The field had two sets of furrows at right angles to each other, suggesting that two different crops were grown together.

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