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Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Traces of Harappan canals were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Water reservoirs, possibly for agriculture, were found at:Read the answer and worked solution →The smaller, higher section of Mohenjodaro is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Laying Mohenjodaro's foundations alone is estimated to have needed how many person-days?Read the answer and worked solution →Which settlements were fortified as a whole, with walled sections inside?Read the answer and worked solution →The estimated number of wells in Mohenjodaro is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath was made watertight with bricks set on edge and a mortar of:Read the answer and worked solution →Faience, used for small precious pots, was made of:Read the answer and worked solution →Chanhudaro, a tiny settlement, was almost exclusively devoted to:Read the answer and worked solution →Nageshwar and Balakot were specialised centres for making objects of:Read the answer and worked solution →Shortughai in Afghanistan lay near the best source of:Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans may have sent expeditions for copper to which region of Rajasthan?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper from Oman and Harappan artefacts both contain traces of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian texts call the Harappan region:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest Harappan inscription contains about how many signs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harappan script was written:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Mature Harappan sites in Cholistan were abandoned by about:Read the answer and worked solution →Who announced the discovery of the Indus civilisation to the world in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mohenjodaro wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Harappan timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Harappan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Site or materialRead the answer and worked solution →Sort sites, materials and regionsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappa bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Mahabharata in its present form runs to over how many verses?Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition of the Mahabharata began in 1919 under:Read the answer and worked solution →The critical edition project took how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Evidence of a ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angles was found at:

  1. Chanhudaro
  2. Kalibangan
  3. Banawali
  4. Mohenjodaro
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Correct answer: B. Kalibangan

1. It belongs to Early Harappan levels. 2. Kalibangan in Rajasthan has the field. 3. Two crops may have grown together. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Traces of Harappan canals were found at:

  1. Harappa city
  2. Lothal port
  3. Shortughai
  4. Mohenjodaro
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Correct answer: C. Shortughai

1. No canals were found in Punjab or Sind. 2. Shortughai in Afghanistan has canal traces. 3. Ancient canals may have silted up. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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Water reservoirs, possibly for agriculture, were found at:

  1. Kalibangan
  2. Banawali
  3. Rakhi Garhi
  4. Dholavira
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Correct answer: D. Dholavira

1. Most sites lie in semi-arid land needing irrigation. 2. Dholavira in Gujarat has reservoirs. 3. Wells may also have watered fields. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones._

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