SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Mohenjodaro
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Mehrgarh
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Harappa
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Rakhigarhi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rakhigarhi in Haryana is the largest Harappan site in the Indian subcontinent. At Rakhigarhi, the excavations are being done to trace its beginnings and to study its gradual evolution from 6000 BCE (Pre-Harappan phase) to 2500 BCE. The site was excavated by Amarendra Nath of ASI.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley. Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were located in present-day Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively. Its extent reached as far south as the Gulf of Khambhat and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.