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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does kalibangan mean?
A
Brown Bangles
B
Black Bangles
C
Artisanship
D
Both a and b
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kalibangan, literally black bangles, from the sight of the countless fragments of weather-stained terracotta bangles strewn over the surface of the site, lies some 310 kilometers northwest of Delhi, along the left bank of the now-dry river Ghaggar in the northern part of Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kalibangan name translates to “black bangles” ("Kālā", in Hindi, means black and “bangan” means bangles). A few miles downstream is the railway station and township named Pilibangā, which means Yellow Bangles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kalibangan (literally black bangles) is located at Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumāngarh in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. It was one of the main sites of the Indus Valley Civilization and most scholars agree that it was located on the bank of River Saraswati which dried up by 2000 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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