Q. Hire Benakal, which is in UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list since 2021 is famous for which of the following?
Answer:
Necropolis
Notes: Hire Benakal is a megalithic site in Karnataka in Koppal district. It contains roughly 400 megalithic funerary monuments, dated to the transition period between Neolithic and the Iron Age periods. Known locally in the Kannada language as elu guddagalu, their specific name is Moryar Gudda. Hire Benakal is reported to be the largest necropolis among the 2000 odd megalithic sites found in South India, mostly in Karnataka. Since 1955, it has been under the management of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) within the Dharwad circle. Hire Benakal has been recognized as an UNESCO World Heritage Site tentative list on 19th may 2021.