History Optional Mapping PYQs Solution – 2025
Solution
Sources of History
- Neolithic site: Giak and Kiari
- Mesolithic site: Chandravati
- Palaeolithic site: Hallur
- Neolithic site with stone artefacts: Koldihwa
- Site of Indus Valley Civilisation: Rojdi
- Early Harappan site with a fire-pit: Kalibangan
- Late Harappan site: Alamgirpur/ Sinauli
- The Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) site: Lal Qila
- Mesolithic site: Thenmalai
- Megalithic site: Junapani
- Mahajanapada of South India: Asmaka
- Site of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana: Kushinagar
- Major Rock Edict of Ashoka: Erragudi
- Ashokan Minor Rock Edict: Barabar/Sasaram?
- Commercial centre of Mauryas: Tamralipti
- Saka-Kushan Coin Hoard: Ujjain
- An inscription mentioning Ashvamedha sacrifice: Ayodhya
- Site of post-Mauryan period burnt brick house: Sunet
- Terracotta craft centre of post Mauryan period: Chandraketugarh
- Important port of the Pallava period: Kanchipuram