History Optional Mapping PYQs Solution – 2022

Solution

Sources of History

1. Palaeolithic site: Didwana
2. Mesolithic site with burials: Sarai Nahar Rai
3. Neolithic pit dwelling: Burzahom
4. Early village settlement: Mehrgarh
5. Neolithic site: Edakkal caves
6. Neolithic-Chalcolithic site:  Chirand
7. Harappan UNESCO site: Dholavira
8. Megalithic burial site: Maski
9. Place of second Sangam: Kapatapuram
10. Earliest Satavahana capital: Dhanyakataka/Amaravati
11. Place of inscribed statue of Ashoka: Kanaganahalli
12. First Gupta hoard of coins: Kalighat
13. Hoard of metal sculptures: Kurkihar
14. Ancient port: Bhrigukachchha
15. Oldest Jesuit church: Basilica of Bom Jesus
16. Centre of Gandhara art: Bamyan
17. Buddhist Monastery: Somapura
18. Place of earliest Vishnu Temple: Dashavatara temple, Deogarh
19. Shiva and Buddhist temple complex: Sirpur
20. Earliest Chaitya Griha: Bhaja Cave