Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Sohgaura.

• Sohgaura - 
  • It is not a Harappan site.
  • It is an Ashokan era copper plate inscription written in Prakrit in the Brahmi script. 
• Major findings in Kot Diji (Pakistan) of Harappan site are a tar, statues of bull and mother goddess.
• Major findings in Chanhudaro (Pakistan) of Harappan site are the footprint of a dog chasing a cat, Bead makers shop, and Cart with a seated driver.
• Major findings in Desalpur (Gujarat) of Harappan site are pottery ware with lines of bluish-green pigment, Terracotta seals etc.

Rishabhdev was the first Tirthankara of the Jains.

• He was born to King Nabhi Raja and Queen Marudevi at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan.
• Mahavira (6th century bce) was the last Tirthankara to appear.

Jagat Pati Joshi(J.P. Joshi) is an Indian archaeologist who discovered the Indus Valley site of Dholavira.​

• As per the evidence, the Harappan people used to trade with Afghanistan, Persia, and Oman.
• But there is no evidence that they also trade with Mongolia. 

The correct answer is 1156 AD.

Key Points

• The fort and city of Jaisalmer were founded by Maharawal Jaisal in the year 1156 AD after shifting his capital from Ludharwa (18 km from Jaisalmer) to a safer place.
• The ruling family of the erstwhile Jaisalmer State belongs to the Bhati clan of the Yadu Rajputs of the Chandravanshi (Chandra) caste, who claim the lineage of Lord Krishna, the disobedient hero who ruled in Dwarka. 

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Additional Information

• The present district is largely carved out of the former Jaisalmer state, which was one of the Rajputana states under British protection.
• The treaty between Maharaja Mulraj-II and the British government on 12 December 1818 guaranteed the princely state of Jaisalmer to the ruler and his descendants.
  • Under this treaty, the ruler of the state was required to act in subordinate cooperation with the British government.
• During the Afghan War in 1938–39, the then ruler of the state, Maharawal Gaj Singh, made excellent foolproof arrangements for the transport of British troops, for which the British government felt grateful to the ruler for his timely assistance and cooperation.
• In 1844, after the capture of Sindh by the British, the forts of Shahgarh and Ghotaru, which previously belonged to Jaisalmer, were restored to the state.
• When Jaisalmer was merged with the state of Rajasthan in 1949, there was no significant change in the territory of the state.
• On 6 October 1949, this area was given the status of an independent district in the Jodhpur division.

The correct answer is option 4, i.e. River Bhogava.

• Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, thrived along the Bhogava river, a tributary of Sabarmati, in the Gulf of Khambhat located in the modern state of Gujarat. 
• Alamgirpur is the easternmost site of the Indus Valley Civilization that thrived along Yamuna River located in Uttar Pradesh.
• Banawali, Kalibangan and Rakhigarhi are the Indus Valley Civilisation sites in the region of Ghaggar-Hakra rivers and their tributaries.
• The Indus Valley Civilisation sites are located mainly in the region of the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra rivers and their tributaries, but opinions differ on the role of the Saraswati river (whose descriptions in the Rig Veda are those of a snow-fed river) identified with the Ghaggar-Hakra river (which was a system of perennial monsoon-fed rivers and became seasonal around the time when the civilisation diminished).