Arrange the following major periods in early Indian archeology in chronological order, beginning from the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Chalcolithic
(B) Early iron, megalithic burials
(C) Harappan civilisation
(D) Early Historic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C), (B), (D)
Each period is placed by the time it began, as in the timeline of the major periods of early Indian archaeology.
(A) Chalcolithic — from about 6,000 years ago. ‘Chalcolithic’ means copper-stone: the first use of copper, side by side with stone tools.
(C) Harappan civilisation — about 2600 BCE, the start of the mature phase of the Harappan cities.
(B) Early iron, megalithic burials — about 1000 BCE. Iron tools came into use, and in the Deccan and the south the dead were buried with large stones, the megaliths.
(D) Early Historic — about 600 BCE to 400 CE, the period of the mahajanapadas, early states and cities, coins and written records.