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Option 2 : Kalibangan

The correct answer is Kalibangan.

  • Kalibangan is a town located on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar River.
    • It is the first city of Rajasthan from which the excavations revealed the existence of the Indus valley civilization.

  • Kalibangan is a part of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the present Hanumangarh district.
    • The site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist and linguist.
    • After Independence in 1952, Amlanand Ghosh identified the site as part of the Harappan Civilization and marked it for excavation.
    • Later, during 1961-69, excavation was carried out by B. B. Lal & Balkrishna Thapar. 
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