Q. Consider the following information:
Archaeological site State Description
1. Chandraketugarh Odisha Trading Port town
2. Inamgaon Maharastra Chalcolithic site
3. Mangadu Kerela Megalithic site
4. Salihundam Andhra Pradesh Rock cave shrines
In which of the above rows is the given information correctly matched ?
Exp) Option b is the correct answer.
Row 1 is incorrect: Chandraketugarh is an archaeological site located in the state of West Bengal. According to historians, the place dates to the 3rd century, which is the pre-Mauryan era. The archaeological studies also say that once the city was an important port city with huge walls.
Row 2 is correct: Inamgaon is a chalcolithic settlement in Western India on the river Ghod, a tributary of the Bhima in the state of Maharashtra.
Row 3 is correct: The Madankavu urn burial site, a megalithic site, is located near Madankavu, a traditional temple maintained by local families, south of Ashtamudi Lake in the state of Kerala.
Row 4 is incorrect: Village of Salihundam is located on the banks of the Vamsadhara River in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The archaeological excavations of the site revealed that it was an ancient Buddhist settlement. This site is now protected by the ASI, and contains several votive stupas, a mahastupa, chaityas and viharas. However, rock cut cave shrines were not present in this site.
Source: https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/41362/1/Unit-3.pdf
