Indian History Questions for Competitive Exams

The correct answer is Alamgirpur. Alamgirpur is the eastern extension of the Harappan civilization located in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. Manda is the northern limit of the Harappan civilization located in Akhnoor district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The correct answer is Sohgaura. It does not belong to a “Harappan site”.

The people of the Harappan civilization were not familiar with any metal other than copper. Later, information about iron was obtained? Harappan civilization was the civilization of which era? Was Harappa a Hindu civilization? The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the major ancient river valley civilizations of the world from 3300 BC to 1700 BC.

The Harappan civilization belongs to the Bronze Age civilization and the Harappans knew how to make bronze tools from copper. The Indus Valley religion was polytheistic and composed of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism as many of their seals have been found here. They also worshiped trees and animals like bull, buffalo and tiger.

This civilization was spread in the Indus River Valley, hence it was named Indus Valley Civilization. Due to the rise of cities for the first time, it is also called the first urbanization. Because of the use of bronze for the first time, it is also called Bronze Civilization. 1400 centers of Indus Valley Civilization have been discovered, out of which 925 centers are in India.

It developed on the banks of Indus and Ghaggar/Hakra (ancient Saraswati). Mohenjodaro, Kalibanga, Lothal, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi and Harappa were its main centres. Through unique methods like Radio Carbon C14, the generally accepted date of Indus Valley Civilization is considered to be 2350 BC to 1750 BC. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered by Raibahadur Dayaram Sahni.

Metals were discovered and used around 5000 years ago. The first metal used was copper.

There has never been a period of time when people from outside did not come to India. Modern historians- Aryans arrived in 1500 BC. Tells about. Aryans are also known as Indo-Iranians.

According to Avinash Chandra Das and Dr. Sampurnanand, the Arya Sapta came from the Saindhava region i.e. the north-western part of India. It has been called the Adidesh of the Aryans. Pandit Ganganath Jha told that Arya Brahmarshi had come from the country i.e. Burma, Thailand and Myanmar.

The Aryans came riding on horses and invaded India and ruled the people here.