WORLD CIVILIZATION

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 correct answer is Bhirrana. Bhirrana is considered the oldest discovered Indus Valley Civilization site. It is the oldest one according to the C-14 radio-dating done by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is situated in the Fatehabad district and dates to 757-6200 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -While some tries to club it Indus civilisation, Ghaggar-Hakra ( Saraswati) riverine culture predates Harappan civilisation by more than three to six thousand years. Bhirrana ware culture ia one of the examples of these ancient human settlements. The city was found to be more than 9500 years old during 7500 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scientists from IIT-Kharagpur and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have uncovered evidence that the Indus Valley Civilization is at least 8, 000 years old, and not 5, 500 years old, taking root well before the Egyptian (7000BC to 3000BC) and Mesopotamian (6500BC to 3100BC) civilizations.