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Q. Who among the following named Indus valley civilization as Harappan civilization?
Answer: John Marshall
Notes: John Marshall, Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from 1902 to 1928 named the newly discovered civilization after Harappa, the first site excavated. In his profile on the finds published in 1931, he coined the term 'Indus Valley civilization' or 'Harappan civilization', recognizing it as a great precursor Asian society preceding Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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