Which of the following type of house remains were found in Mehrgarh site of Harappan civilization?

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  1. Triangular or circular
  2. Rectangular or circular
  3. Square or rectangular
  4. Circular or square

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Option 3 : Square or rectangular
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The correct answer is Square or rectangular.

Key Points

  • Square or rectangular type of house remains were found in Mehrgarh site of Harappan civilization.
  • In the Kacchi Plain in Balochistan, Pakistan, is the Neolithic archaeological site known as Mehrgarh.
  • Early occupants of Mehrgarh built their square or rectangular homes out of local mud, kept their grain in granaries, made their own tools out of copper ore found nearby, and lined their big baskets with bitumen.
  • In addition to raising sheep, goats, and cattle, they also grew dates, jujubes, einkorn wheat, and six-row barley.

Additional Information

  • The Indus Valley Civilization, commonly referred to as the Indus Civilization, was a Bronze Age civilization in the northwest of South Asia that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BCE and was active from 3300 to 1300 BCE.
  • The Indus Civilization is frequently referred to as Harappan after its type site Harappa, which was the first to be discovered and excavated in what was then the Punjab province of British India and is now Punjab, Pakistan, early in the 20th century.
  • The Early Harappan and Late Harappan cultures existed side by side in the same region.
  • Neolithic cultures, of which Mehrgarh in Balochistan, Pakistan, is the oldest and best-known, were the source of the early Harappan cultures. To set the Harappan Civilization apart from the older ones, it is frequently referred to as Mature Harappan.
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