INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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Which is the oldest known civilization in India?
A
Vedic
B
Eipc
C
Puranic
D
Indus Valley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indus civilization, also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about 2500–1700 bce, though the southern sites may have lasted later into the 2nd millennium bce.

Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest Indian civilization is The Indus Valley Civilization, famously known as the Harappan Civilization. It was the home to four urban civilizations of China, India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The nuclear dates for this civilization date somewhere between 2500 to 1700 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -β€œAt the excavation sites, we saw preservation of all cultural levels right from the pre-Indus Valley Civilisation phase (9, 000-8, 000 years ago) through what we have categorised as Early Harappan (8, 000-7, 000 years ago) to the Mature Harappan times, β€˜β€™ said Sarkar.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.

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