Mohenjo-Daro Period I Settlement Quiz

What is the alternative name given to the 'Indus valley civilization' or 'Indus civilization'?

In which country are the majority of the Harappan sites located?

Which river is identified by some scholars as the ancient Sarasvati mentioned in the Rig Veda?

Where is the northernmost site of the Harappan culture zone located?

What material was the fortification wall of the settlement at Dholavira made of?

What type of bangles were found at the early Harappan sites in Gujarat?

What were the terracotta marbles and pounders made of at the Harappan sites?

What was found at the Amri site during the early Harappan Period I?

Which material was used to make the massive wall at Kot Diji during the early Harappan Period I?

What is notable about the pottery in Period I at Kot Diji?

What was the settlement size of the early Harappan Period I at Rehman Dheri?

What were the beads made of that were found at the Nal site in the Khozdar area?

Which animals were identified from the bones found at the Nal site?

Which site represents the early Harappan phase in the southern part of the Indus valley and Baluchistan?

What is notable about the pottery in Period IC at Nausharo?

What kind of artifacts were found at Gumla in Period II?

What was found at Mehrgarh that suggested links with the Indus valley by the end of Period VII?

What is notable about the pottery in Period III at Gumla?

What is one assumption about similar discoveries or cultural changes in different parts of the world?

What does diffusionist theories often do?

What does the text suggest about the transportation and transplantation of technologies or cultural transformations?

What does mere awareness of a different way of life not lead to?

What is necessary when making a case for influence between cultures, according to the text?

What did M.R. Mughal compare in his analysis of the evidence from pre-Harappan sites?

What stage did M.R. Mughal argue that the ‘pre-Harappan’ phase actually represented?

What two things were lacking in the early Harappan phase according to M.R. Mughal's analysis?

What makes the early Harappan phase extremely important according to M.R. Mughal?

At which site is Period II considered early Harappan according to the text?

What type of pottery was found at Balakot during the early Harappan phase?

Which coast is Balakot located on?

What is the reason for using the term 'Harappan' civilization instead of 'Indus' or 'Indus-Saraswati' civilization?

What is a key archaeological feature used to announce the discovery of new sites of the Harappan civilization?

What were the three phases of the Harappan culture?

What did John Marshall initially suggest as the time frame for the flourishing of the Harappan civilization?

What was the significance of the 1986–1996 Harappa excavations in terms of dating the Harappan civilization?

Which terminology does Jim Shaffer use for the long series of human adaptations related to the Harappan civilization?

What did D.P. Agrawal suggest as the time frame for the urban phase in the core regions of the Indus valley, Ghaggar-Hakra valley, and Gujarat?

What kind of pottery is an important marker associated with the Harappan civilization?

What is the broad chronology for the three phases of the Harappan culture?

Who suggested that a migration of people from Sumer may have led to the Harappan civilization?

Who argued for a migration of ideas, not people, as the origin of the Harappan civilization?

What is a limitation of Amalananda Ghosh's hypothesis on the origins of the Harappan civilization?

What is diffusion?

Who was the first archaeologist to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?

What did Mortimer Wheeler argue as the origin of the Harappan civilization?

What was a result of an over-emphasis on the Sothi element in the account of the emergence of the Harappan civilization according to the text?

'The problems with diffusionist theories' section highlights that diffusion is not a theory but what according to the text?

'Diffusionist theories' were popular among archaeologists and historians in which centuries according to the text?

According to E.J.H.Mackay, what may have led to the Harappan civilization?

Who asserted that there were similarities between Sothi pottery and the pottery at various sites related to Harappan culture?

What type of pottery dominated the early Harappan period at Tarakai Qila?

What materials were used to make beads found in the early Harappan settlement at Lewan?

What evidence suggests that Lewan was a factory site?

What type of material were some beads made of in the early Harappan settlement at Sarai Khola?

What was the dominant pottery type during Period II at Sarai Khola?

What is indicated by the remains of mud-brick walls, hearths, and a small circular kiln found at Harappa?

What evidence of writing was found in the early Harappan phase at Harappa?

Which raw materials were used to produce a diverse range of items at Harappa?

What indicates a dramatic change from a nomadic life to permanent settlement in the Kot Dijian phase?

What proportion of the sites in the Cholistan region during the Kot Dijian phase had kilns?

What type of structures were found at Harappa during the early Harappan phase?

What was the size of the settlement in Period I at Dholavira?

What was the standardization of brick size in Period I houses?

What type of motifs were painted on the distinctive pottery of Period I?

Which material was NOT found among the artefacts in houses in Period I?

What marked the early Harappan phase at Kunal, Banawali, and Rakhigarhi?

What was a transitional feature of Period IC between early and mature Harappan phases?

What was a significant find in Period IB at Kunal?

What evidence was found at Rakhigarhi indicating a planned settlement in early Harappan Period I?

What valuable information did Bhirrana provide about the processes leading to the Harappan civilization?

What were found in the remains of Period IB at Bhirrana?

What marked the remains in Period II at Bhirrana?