Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the Neolithic settlements:

1. We get the earliest evidence of cultivation of rice in the Indian subcontinent from Koldihwa.
2. Mehargarh in Sindh is the oldest Neolithic site of the Indian subcontinent.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 1 Only
Notes: Koldihwa and Mahargarh provides the earliest example of cultivation of rice in the Indian subcontinent. Both are located in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of Belan River. Mehrgarh is located in the Kachi plains of the Balochistan area near the Bolan Pass. Earliest example of cultivation of wheat and barley was found from this location.

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