Question

Mehargarh an important site located in Pakistan belongs to which of the following period?
1. Neolithic
2. Mesolithic
3. Paleolithic
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Neolithic

The correct answer is Neolithic.

• Mehargarh an important Neolithic site located in Balochistan, Pakistan.
• Mehargarh consists of a number of low archaeological mounds in the Kachi plain, close to the mouth of the Bolan Pass. Located next to the west bank of the Bolan river, they are some 30 kilometers from the town of Sibi.
• It covers an area of some 250 hectares, most of the archaeological deposits are buried deep beneath accumulations of alluvium although in other areas ‘in situ’ structures can be seen eroding on the surface.
• The archaeological sequence at the site of Mehrgarh is over 11 meters deep, spanning the period between the seventh and third millennium BC.