Question

Given below are the locations of four archaeological sites in India:

P. Attirampakka

Q. Bhimbetka

R. Piklihal

S. Burzahom

Which among the following presents the correct order of their locations from North to South?

1. SQPR
2. QRPS
3. QSPR
4. SQRP

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : SQRP

The correct answer is SQRP.

• Burzahom is a major Neolithic Site of Kashmir present in the Srinagar district.
  • The site of Burzahom is a unique comprehensive storyteller of life between 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE.
  • It is located on a 'karewa' between the banks of the Dal Lake and the Zabarvan hills, about 5 km from the famous Mughal garden of Shalimar.
  • It was the first  Neolithic site to be discovered in Kashmir.
• In India Bhimbetka caves are surrounded by the northern boundaries of the Vindhya mountain ranges near Bhopal.
  • ​It has more than 600 caves that have the oldest prehistoric paintings in India.
  •  Bhimbetka caves have been recognized by UNESCO in India, as one of the oldest.
  • These caves had been used as a shelter by people from the earliest periods. 
  • Thus, you find paintings of all periods starting from the Paleolithic era to the medieval era. 
• Piklihal is located in Raichur district in Karnataka state.
  • It is a neolithic period site.
• Attirampakka is a middle Palaeolithic culture site located in Tamil Nadu.
  • William King of the East India Company's Geological Survey found the first primitive stone tools at Attirampakkam in the early 1860s.