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GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following pairs :

Pre-historic site

Earliest Discovery

1. Burzahom

Pit Dwelling

2. Bagor

Domestication of Animals

3. Mehrgarh

Pottery Wheel

Which of the pair(s) given above is/are correctly matched?

Explanation:
  • The Neolithic Site of Burzahom known for Pits dwelling, in the district of Srinagar, brings to light transitions in human habitation patterns from Neolithic Period to Megalithic period to the early Historic period. From transition in architecture to development in tool-making techniques, the site of Burzahom is a unique comprehensive story teller of life between 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE.
  • The archaeological site of Bagor is a Late Mesolithic (pre-Harappa) archaeological site located on the Kothari river in the Bhilwara District of the Rajasthan region of western India. Bagor had evidences for the domestication of sheep, cattle and goats by the nomadic pastoralists as early as 5000 to 3000 BC.
  • Mehrgarh is a large Neolithic and Chalcolithic site located at the foot of the Bolan pass on the Kachi plain of Baluchistan (also spelled Balochistan), in modern day Pakistan. Continuously occupied between about 7000-2600 BC, Mehrgarh is the earliest known Neolithic site in the northwest Indian subcontinent, with early evidence of farming (wheat and barley), herding (cattle, sheep, and goats), metallurgy, Pottery wheel.

Thus, Option D is Correct

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