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NDA 2021 GAT · General Knowledge · Ancient India · easy

Which Harappan site is well known for its dockyard, indicating maritime trade?

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Which Harappan site is well known for its dockyard, indicating maritime trade?
  1. A. Kalibangan
  2. B. Ropar
  3. C. Lothal
  4. D. Banawali
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Answer: (C) Lothal

Lothal in Gujarat, near the Gulf of Khambhat, has a brick-lined basin identified as a dockyard and was a bead-making and trading centre. Kalibangan is noted for fire altars and a ploughed field, Ropar in Punjab for a burial with a dog, and Banawali in Haryana for its fan-shaped layout; none is known for a dockyard.
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