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Which river system gave the Indus Valley Civilisation its name?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus Valley Civilisation is also called the Harappan civilisation after which site?Read the answer and worked solution →To which age does the Indus Valley Civilisation belong?Read the answer and worked solution →In which years BCE did the mature phase of the Harappan civilisation last?Read the answer and worked solution →With the Indus, which regions formed ancient world centres?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Neolithic site in Balochistan is the earliest known farming site of the Indus Valley region?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Early Harappan phase is named after a river near its sites?Read the answer and worked solution →Kot Diji, a site of the Early Harappan period, is in which present-day province?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these crops and animals had Early Harappan villagers already domesticated?Read the answer and worked solution →By about which year BCE had Early Harappan communities turned into large urban centres?Read the answer and worked solution →What marked Indus cities as the first urban centres?Read the answer and worked solution →Which material were most Harappan houses and city walls built from?Read the answer and worked solution →The world's first known city sanitation systems are linked to which civilisation?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did waste water from Harappan bathing rooms flow?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Harappan site is in the Cholistan Desert?Read the answer and worked solution →Rakhigarhi, a major Harappan city, is located in which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →Dholavira was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Mohenjo-daro declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many people may the large cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa have held?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the Indus script's status today?Read the answer and worked solution →Who made the first modern account of the ruins of the Indus civilisation in 1829?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened to many Harappan bricks in the mid-1850s?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Archaeological Survey of India founded?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which viceroy pushed through the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom did Lord Curzon appoint to lead the Archaeological Survey of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ASI officer visited Mohenjo-daro in 1919 and again in 1922-1923, noting its remote antiquity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British Assyriologist pointed out Indus-like seals in Mesopotamia, helping date the civilisation?Read the answer and worked solution →After partition in 1947, most excavated Indus sites lay in which country?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the standard weights and measures of Harappa suggest?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which river system gave the Indus Valley Civilisation its name?

  1. The Narmada River system
  2. The Brahmaputra system
  3. The Indus River system
  4. The Ganga River system
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Correct answer: C. The Indus River system

1. The civilisation is named after the river in whose plains its early sites were found. 2. That river is the Indus. 3. The Ganga, Narmada and Brahmaputra lie outside its core area. _Source: Wikipedia, Indus Valley Civilisation, Etymology_

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The Indus Valley Civilisation is also called the Harappan civilisation after which site?

  1. Dholavira
  2. Harappa
  3. Kalibangan
  4. Lothal
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Correct answer: B. Harappa

1. Archaeologists often name a culture after its type site. 2. Harappa was the first site of this civilisation to be excavated. 3. Lothal, Kalibangan and Dholavira were found later or are not the type site. _Source: Wikipedia, Indus Valley Civilisation, Etymology_

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To which age does the Indus Valley Civilisation belong?

  1. Iron Age
  2. Medieval Age
  3. Bronze Age
  4. Stone Age
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Correct answer: C. Bronze Age

1. The civilisation used copper and bronze for tools and vessels. 2. It is described as a Bronze Age civilisation. 3. Iron use came later, and the Stone Age and medieval period are far from its dates. _Source: Wikipedia, Indus Valley Civilisation, Lead section_

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