CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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Who led an excavation that discovered the Indus valley civilization
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John Locke
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Indiana Jones
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John Hubert Marshal
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Ms. Whitted
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sir John Hubert Marshall (19 March 1876 Chester-17 August 1958 Guildford) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928. He was responsible for the excavations that led to the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, two of the key city-sites of the Indus Civilisation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, under the direction of Sir John Hubert Marshall, led the first excavation of the Harappa site which led to the discovery of the Indus Valley civilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1924, John Marshall, Director-General of Archaeological Society of India (ASI), announced the discovery of a new civilization in the Indus Valley to the World.
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