[Solved] Consider the following pairs: Historical Place Well-known for 1. Burzahom Rock-cut shrines 2. Chandra-ketugarh Terracotta art 3. Ganeshwar Copper artefacts Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Q37. Consider the following pairs:

Historical Place Well-known for

1. Burzahom Rock-cut shrines

2. Chandra-ketugarh Terracotta art

3. Ganeshwar Copper artefacts

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

A. 1 only

B. 1 and 2

C. 3 only

D. 2 and 3

Answer : D

(Source: V.K. Jain, Prehistory and Protohistory of India, 2006)

Neolithic Period – Sites

· Geographical Location – almost all the regions of Indian subcontinent

Important sites

· North-western region – Mehrgarh (Baluchistan) – Earliest site neolithic site 7000 BCE, overlapping with Mesolithic period.

· Found here evidence of houses built by Neolithic people, built of sun-dried bricks, divided into small rooms.

· Evidence of cultivation of crops like wheat, barley and cotton were discovered from here too

· Kashmir Valley – Burzahom ((Dwelling pits – circular and rectangular) and Gufkral

· Belan Valley – Koldihwa and Mahagara (Found here both stone and bone Neolithic tools, pottery, other artefacts, floral and faunal remains

· Chirand, Bihar

· Eastern India – Important sites include Kuchai and Golbai Sasan in Odisha; Pandu RajarDhibi, Bharatpur and Mahisdal in West Bengal; and Barudih in Jharkhand.

· Daojali Hading, Assam, Garo Hills

Some important sites in South India are

· Sanganakallu, Brahmagiri, Maski, Piklihal, Hallur in Karnataka;

· Utnur, Nagarjunakonda, Budihal in Andhra Pradesh; and Paiyampalli in Tamil Nadu