Journey Through Ancient South Asia

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According to modern genetics, when did anatomically modern humans first arrive on the Indian subcontinent from Africa?

  • Between 5,000 and 1,000 years ago
  • Between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago
  • Between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago (correct)
  • Between 30,000 and 20,000 years ago

When did the Indus Valley civilization flourish in present-day Pakistan and north-western India?

  • Between 1000 BCE and 500 BCE
  • Between 1500 BCE and 1000 BCE
  • Between 1900 BCE and 1500 BCE
  • Between 2500 BCE and 1900 BCE (correct)

When did sedentariness, involving the transition from foraging to farming and pastoralism, begin in South Asia?

  • Around 10,000 BCE
  • Around 7000 BCE (correct)
  • Around 5000 BCE
  • Around 3000 BCE

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