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In which Indus Valley Civilization sites, was the drainage system absent?
A) Banawali
B) Dholavira
C) Lothal
D) Rakhigarhi

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Hint: The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern locales of South Asia, enduring from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its full grown structure from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. Along with old Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilisations of the Near East and South Asia, and of the three, the most boundless, its locales crossing a region extending from the present upper east Afghanistan, through a lot of Pakistan, and into western and northwestern India.

Complete answer:
Banawali is an archeological site from the Indus Valley Civilization period in Fatehabad region, Haryana, India and is situated around 120 km upstream east of Kalibangan and 16 km from Fatehabad. Banawali, which was earlier called Vanavali, is on the left bank of the Saraswati River. Contrasting with Kalibangan, which was a town set up in the lower center valley of Saraswati River, Banawali worked over the upper center valley of the same river.

Archaeological Survey of India has done unearthing here and uncovered a very much developed post town of Harappan period overlaying a broad proto-metropolitan settlement of pre Harappan Period. A protection divider was additionally found with a tallness of 4.5 m and thickness of 6 m which was followed up to a distance of 105 m.

Houses, with smashed earthen floors, were very much arranged with rooms and latrines and houses were built on either sides of roads and lanes. Near South-eastern space of the fortress, a trip of steps is discovered ascending from 'Lower town' to Acropolis and ASI thinks about this as significant development. The flight of stairs of 'lower town' is almost a stronghold looking development.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A) Banawali was the Indus Valley Civilisation site in which Drainage system was absent.

Note: The previous blocks in Banawali had the Kalibangan proportion of 3:2:1, yet later blocks had the proportion 4:2:1. One weight was discovered that weighed 87.855 grams, multiple times 0.857 gram (a more normal load in Harappa). The divider encompassing this site was likely to confront surges of Sarasvati River, and the divider fell because of water damage. Marine shells were found at Banawali just as at Harappa, Kalibangan, which are far away from coastline and such discoveries show inward exchange between the locales during early Indus period.