Correct Answer - Option 2 : Mahgara
The neolithic period defines the last stage of the stone age from 8000 BC to 4,000 BC.
- It is the period where humans started using polished stone tools and cultivated plants.
- Different tools were made from stones and bones for sowing, tilling the land, and harvesting crops.
- The man started the concept of family and formed villages.
- Man domesticated different animals like cattle, pigs, chickens, and dogs.
- In Gangetic plain, two neolithic sites were excavated which are Koldihwa and Mahagara.
In Mahagara, evidence of cattle domestication was discovered.
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A large circular pen for keeping the cattle was found in Mahagara near the huts.
- Several animal bones were excavated from Mahagara near the central pen.
- At Koldihwa, traces of domestic rice were found.
Hence, we can conclude that a cattle pen was found in Mahagara.
