Harappan seals, beads, weights, stone blades, baked bricks are some of the important items reported from _________.
A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. India
D. Nepal
E. Sri Lanka
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, C only
A. Afghanistan Correct. The distinctive Harappan objects – pottery, bricks, seals, weights, beads and copper and bronze articles – have been found as far away as Afghanistan.
B. Pakistan Correct. They have been found in Baluchistan, Sind and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.
C. India Correct. They have been found in the Indian States of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
D. Nepal Incorrect. The finds stretch from Afghanistan in the north-west to Gujarat and Maharashtra in the south; Nepal lies outside this region.
E. Sri Lanka Incorrect. Sri Lanka lies far to the south of Maharashtra, the southern limit of these finds.
NCERT (2026-27): “Theme ONE … The distinctive Harappan pottery, bricks (baked and unbaked) seals, weights, beads, copper and bronze articles, belonging to the Harappan civilisation have been found in the region, as apart as Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Sind and Punjab provinces of Pakistan and the Indian States of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra (Map 1).…” |