Consider the following pairs: Site Present Location 1. Manda Jammu and Kashmir 2. Alamgirpur Gujarat 3. Sutkagendor Pakistan-Iran border 4. Shortughai Afghanistan Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] 1, 3 and 4 only

[B] 2, 3 and 4 only

[C] 1 and 2 only

[D] 1, 2 and 4 only

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation:

Manda is the northernmost Harappan site located on the Chenab River in Jammu region (Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, India).
Alamgirpur is the easternmost Harappan site, located in Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh, not Gujarat.
Sutkagendor is located near the Makran Coast in Baluchistan, close to the Pakistan-Iran border. It is considered the westernmost site of the Harappan Civilization.
Shortughai is the northernmost Harappan outpost, located in northeastern Afghanistan, near the Oxus River. It functioned as a trading outpost.

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