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Option 4 : Ropar

The correct answer is Ropar.

  • Harappan Civilization is also referred to as the “Indus Valley Civilization”.
  • It was part of the Bronze age (and the beginning of the Iron age too) and flourished between 3300–1300 BCE.
  • It is one of the largest Ancient Civilizations known today.
  • It was widespread as it covered parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
  • Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, the two major sites of this civilization – are among the earliest and finest examples of urban civic planning.
  • They had a well-planned network of roads, houses and drainage systems indicating the planning and engineering skills that developed during those times.
  • The civilization was discovered in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and Mohenjodaro was discovered in 1922, near the Indus River in the Sindh (Sind) region and both sites are located in present-day Pakistan.

  • Ropar is an Indus Valley settlement located on the banks of the Sutlej River.
  • Recent excavations at Ropar(Rupnagar) have demonstrated that this town was the centre of a well-developed Indus Valley Civilization.
  • Ropar is the location of the earliest Indus Valley excavations in independent India and is located in Punjab.
  • Ropar:
    • Y D. Sharma discovered Ropar in 1953.
    • A new form of ceramics and ornaments has been discovered
    • Characteristic Harappan pottery cert blades, beads, faience decorations, brus Celts, terracotta calies, and an engraved seal with typical information pictographs were discovered.
    • The region is a shadily inhabited area known for being one of the key Indus Valley Civilization excavation sites.
    • The Ropar excavations have provided a thorough understanding of the Indus Valley civilisation and the Harappa Culture.
    • Archaeologists estimate that Harappans lived at Ropar until around 2,000 BC.
    • We discovered faience and shell bangles, agate beads, copper reads, and other items in the graves.
    • There is an indication of burying the dog beneath the human grave.
    • A copper axe was discovered.
    • Stones and mud were used to build dwellings.
  • Banawali is an Indus Valley Civilization era archaeological site in Fatehabad district, Haryana, India, northeast of Kalibangan and Fatehabad.
  • Banawali, formerly known as Vanavali, is located on the left bank of the dried-up Saraswati River.
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