Question

Indus Valley Civilisation is called Harappan Civilisation because ______.

• A. Harappa was six times larger than Mohenjodaro
• B. Harappa has more features
• C. Harappa was excavated first
• D. Indus Valley Civilisation was believed to be early Vedic Civilisation, hence it is named after Mythological World Harappa

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Harappa was excavated first

• Harappa was first excavated in 1920 and 1921 by the Archaeological Survey of India after its discovery in 1820.

• Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni had led a team of archaeologists for harappan excavations.

• Archaeologists associated with Harappan excavations include Robert.L. Raikes, Mortimer Wheeler, George Dales, Richard Meadow, and J. Mark Kenoyer.

• The most important evidence of the achievements of this civilization have been excavated from Harappa.