Arrange the following Harappan sites acc

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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Arrange the following Harappan sites according to the year in which the excavations began in a chronological order.

(A) Lothal
(B) Bahawalpur
(C) Harappa
(D) Kalibangan
(E) Dholavira

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(D), (A), (C), (B), (E)

(A), (D), (C), (B), (E)

(A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

(C), (A), (D), (B), (E)

Correct Answer:

(C), (A), (D), (B), (E)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (A), (D), (B), (E)

(C) Harappa- 1921
(A) Lothal- 1955
(D) Kalibangan- 1960
(B) Bahawalpur- 1974
(E) Dholavira- 1990

Year and Excavation done at various sites of Indus Valley Civilisation:

1921 (20^th Century)	M.S. Vats begins excavations at Harappa.
1946 (20^th Century)	R.E.M. Wheeler excavated Harappa
1955 (20^th Century)	S.R. Rao began excavations at Lothal
1960 (20^th Century)	B.B. Lal & B.K. Thapar started excavation at Kalibangan (Rajasthan)
1974 (20^th Century)	M.R. Mughal started exploring Bahawalpur
1980 (20^th Century)	German & Italian archaeologists started surface explorations at Mohenjodaro
1986 (20^th Century)	American team started excavations at Harappa
1990 (20^th Century)	R.S. Bisht started excavation at Dholavira