Identify the Harappan sites, where the entire settlement was ‘fortified’:
A. Lothal
B. Dholavira
C. Rakhigarhi
D. Bahawalpur
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and B only
A. Lothal Correct. At Lothal in Gujarat the whole settlement was fortified. Its Citadel was not walled off but was built at a height.
B. Dholavira Correct. Dholavira in Gujarat was also fortified as a whole, with walls separating its sections inside.
C. Rakhigarhi Incorrect. Rakhigarhi is one of the five major Harappan cities, but it is not named among the sites where the entire settlement was fortified.
D. Bahawalpur Incorrect. Bahawalpur is a region, not a single settlement; M.R. Mughal began explorations of Harappan sites there in 1974.
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