Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions:

Chanhudaro is a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production. including bead-making, shell-cutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian, jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience, and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous-disc-shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, segmented.

Match List - I with List - II:

LIST I

LIST II

 A. Lapis Lazuli  

 I. Bharuch

 B. Carnelian

 II. South India

 C. Copper

 III. Shortughai  

 D. Gold

 IV. Khetri

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Correct Answer:

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

The correct match is:

LIST I

LIST II

 A. Lapis Lazuli  

 III. Shortughai 

 B. Carnelian

 I. Bharuch

 C. Copper

 IV. Khetri

 D. Gold

 II. South India

Strategies for procuring raw materials by the Harappans:

The Harappans procured materials for craft production in various ways. For instance, they established settlements such as Nageshwar and Balakot in areas where shell was available. Other such sites were Shortughai, in far-off Afghanistan, near the best source of lapis lazuli, a blue stone that was apparently very highly valued, and Lothal which was near sources of carnelian (from Bharuch in Gujarat), steatite (from south Rajasthan and north Gujarat) and metal (from Rajasthan). Another strategy for procuring raw materials may have been to send expeditions to areas such as the Khetri region of Rajasthan (for copper) and south India (for gold). These expeditions established communication with local communities. Occasional finds of Harappan artefacts such as steatite micro beads in these areas are indications of such contact. There is evidence in the Khetri area for what archaeologists call the Ganeshwar-Jodhpura culture, with its distinctive non-Harappan pottery and an unusual wealth of copper objects. It is possible that the inhabitants of this region supplied copper to the Harappans.