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  1. Harappa
  2. Mohenjo-Daro
  3. Lothal
  4. Chanhu-Daro
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Option 2 : Mohenjo-Daro

The correct answer is Mohenjo-Daro.

  • Mohenjo-Daro:
    • After a year of discovery of the Harappa, the archaeological site of Mohenjo-Daro was recognized in 1922.
    • It is present in Pakistan on the River Indus.
    • The citadel, the great bath, the great granary, post-cremation burial, a sculpture of bearded priest, the famous bronze statue of the Dancing Girl, and Pashupati Seal were found here.
    • Mohenjo-Daro was developed around 3,000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture and it was among the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.
    • The urban planning and the unmatched civil engineering made it the most advanced and remarkably sophisticated city of its time.
    • Mohenjo-Daro does mean 'Mound of the dead'.
    • The modern name for the site has been interpreted as "Mound of the Dead Men" in Sindh interpreted as "Mound of the Dead Men" in Sindhi.

Harappa
  • The mature period of Indus Valley Civilisation is known as Harappan Civilisation.
  • Harappa is now in Pakistan.
  • Amalananda Ghosh was an Indian archaeologist, the author, and editor of numerous works on India’s ancient civilizations, and the organizer and director of archaeological expeditions during the mid-1900s.
  • RD Banerjee is mostly known as the discoverer of Mohenjo-Daro, the principal site of the Harappa culture.
Lothal
  • It has an artificial Brick dockyard.
  • It has evidence of the earliest cultivation of Rice.
  • It served as a seaport for Indus Valley People.
  • It was discovered in 1954.
Chanhu-Daro
  • Chanhu-daro is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization.
  • The site is located 130 kilometers south of Mohenjo-Daro, in Sindh, Pakistan.
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