Question

The Indus Valley Civilization was spread over

A The Indo-Gangetic divide and upper Gangetic plain
B Punjab, Sind, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Baluchistan
C UP, Haryana and neighbouring parts of Punjab and Rajasthan
D Banks of the river Indus, Punjab, Sind and Baluchistan

Answer & Explanation

Answer: [B]

The civilisation extended from Balochistan in the west to western Uttar Pradesh in the east, from northeastern Afghanistan in the north to Gujarat state in the south. The largest number of sites are in the Punjab region, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir states, Sindh, and Balochistan.

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