Which of the following sites is not an important Mature Harappan site?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Uruk
Uruk was not a Harappan site at all. It was a city of Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, and it is marked under Mesopotamia on the map of the Harappan Civilisation and West Asia, the region with which the Harappans traded. The Mature Harappan phase (2600-1900 BCE) was the urban and most prosperous phase of the civilisation. Rakhigarhi in Haryana, and Lothal and Dholavira in Gujarat, are all marked among its important sites.
NCERT (2025-26): “Terminologies, Places and Time … The total time span of the civilisation ranges from 6000 BCE to 1300 BCE. The early phase, termed as Early Harappan (6000 BCE-2600 BCE) is a formative phase of the civilisation. The urban phase of the civilisation, termed as Mature Harappan (2600 BCE-1900 BCE) is the most prosperous phase. The decline of the civilisation starts around 1900 BCE. This decadent phase (1900 BCE-1300 BCE) is termed as Late Harappan.… …Some important Mature Harappan sites …The Harappan Civilisation and West Asia…”
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