Q. Consider the following statements about Ganweriwala site:
- It is located in present day Rajasthan.
- It is near a dry bed of the former Ghaggar or Sarasvati river.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
Only 2
Notes:
- Ganweriwala is in Punjab (in present-day Pakistan) near the Indian border.
- It was first discovered by Sir Aurel Stein and surveyed by Dr. M. R. Mughal in the 1970s.
- It spreads over 80 hectares and is almost as large as Mohenjodaro.
- It is near a dry bed of the former Ghaggar or Sarasvati river, and has not been excavated yet.
- Equidistant between Harappa and Mohenjodaro, it may have been a fifth major urban centre.