The correct answer is Ahar.
- Ahar civilization:
- Ancient name
- Tamravati Nagari
- Aghatpur
- Aghat Pur
- Upnaam
- Banas culture
- Mounds of the dead
- Ancient name
Key Points
- Ahar civilization-
- It is situated in Udaipur.
- It was excavated by-
- Akshay Kirti Vyas in 1953 AD.
- Ratan Chand Agrawal in 1956 AD.
- Dheeraj Lal Sankaliya in 1961 AD.
- It was known as Tamravati / Aghatpur / Dhulkot in ancient times.
- It is also known as mounds of dead.
- Ahar's houses were built with soft black stone and raw briquette.
- One/ two/ six stoves were also found in Ahar's houses.
- Red black ware also found there.
- It was a copper-age civilization.
- Agriculture and animal rearing were also done by Aharvasi.
- Soil-made ox statue was also found there, which is known as the Banasiyal bull.
Additional Information
- Bairath civilization-
- It is situated in Shahpura, Jaipur.
- It is also known as Virat Nagar.
- It is situated on the bank of the Banganga river.
- It was firstly searched by Rai Bahadur Dayaram Sahani in 1936 AD.
- Its survey and excavation were done by Kailash Dixit and Neel Ratna Banarjee.
- Bagore civilization-
- It is situated in Bhilwara on the bank of the Kothari river.
- It was excavated by Dr. V.N. Misra and Dr. L.S. Laishnik.
- It has evidence of the most ancient animal rearing of India.
- It is also known as the museum of primitive culture.
- Swastik sign was used there for Vastu dosh prevention.
- Kalibanga civilization-
- It was excavated by Amlanand Ghosh (firstly) in 1952 AD.
- It was also excavated by Brijvasi Lal and Balkrishna Thapar in 1961-69 AD.
- It is situated on the bank of the Ghaggar river.

