At which of the following sites, the signs of continuous habitation and cultural development have been observed during excavations?

Answer & Explanation

Answer: [B]

It is a Neolithic age site that was located near the Bolan Pass on the Kacchi Plains of Balochistan, Pakistan. Mehrgarh is situated near the west of the river Indus and between the presently, Pakistani cities of Sibi, Kalat, and Quetta.  The earliest evidence of farming on this site has been suggesting that a civilization existed in the site of Mehrgarh as early as 7000 BCE which is 3500 years before the Harappan Civilization. This site discovered the new shed light on the development of agricultural technologies and the agrarian lifestyles of the ancient stone age people of South Asia. The site was discovered in 1974 by an Archaeological Team directed by French archaeologists Catherine Jarrige, and Jean-François Jarrige and was excavated continuously between 1974 and 1986, and again from 1997 to 2000. The Archaeological Survey of India Digs has unearthed some of the earliest evidence of Agricultural Farming and Husbandry in that region. Mehrgarh was influenced by the nearby site of the Eastern Neolithic Sites, with similarities between pottery, early phases of farming, domesticated wheat varieties other archaeological artefacts, some domesticated herd animals and plants. The earliest farming in the area was developed by semi-Nomadic people using plants such as Barley and Wheat. Animals such as Cattle, Goats, and Sheep.