HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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The Earliest sites of settlement appear at Mehrgahr and other sites on upper Tributaries of the Indus River and date from around ____ BCE.
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5000-4500
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7000-4700
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7000-4500
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7000-4000
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mehrgarh is the site of the earliest known agrarian settlements in the South Asian subcontinent and lies to the west of the Indus River. Dubbed the Mehrgarh culture, this Neolithic settlement is now considered to be a precursor to the Indus Valley civilisation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mehrgarh is a prehistoric site, near the Bolan Pass in a small fertile plain. Remains of houses, potteries, animal bones and burial sites have been found from this site.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mehrgarh is the first place where people started growing barley and wheat, reared the sheep and goat as it was one of the oldest villages. On Excavation, Archeologists found the evidence of animal bones and also the remains of houses.
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