History Optional Mapping PYQs Solution – 2022
Solution
Sources of History
- Palaeolithic site: Didwana
- Mesolithic site with burials: Sarai Nahar Rai
- Neolithic pit dwelling: Burzahom
- Early village settlement: Mehrgarh
- Neolithic site: Edakkal caves
- Neolithic-Chalcolithic site:Â Chirand
- Harappan UNESCO site: Dholavira
- Megalithic burial site: Maski
- Place of second Sangam: Kapatapuram
- Earliest Satavahana capital: Dhanyakataka/Amaravati
- Place of inscribed statue of Ashoka: Kanaganahalli
- First Gupta hoard of coins: Kalighat
- Hoard of metal sculptures: Kurkihar
- Ancient port: Bhrigukachchha
- Oldest Jesuit church: Basilica of Bom Jesus
- Centre of Gandhara art: Bamyan
- Buddhist Monastery: Somapura
- Place of earliest Vishnu Temple: Dashavatara temple, Deogarh
- Shiva and Buddhist temple complex: Sirpur
- Earliest Chaitya Griha: Bhaja Cave