Question

The great bath was found in the Great Harappan city of ________.
A)Mohenjo-daro
B)Kalibangan
C)Bhrigu Kaccha
D)Harappa

Answer 1

HINT: The earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent, is The Indus Valley Civilization also known as Harappan Civilization, appears to be about 2500–1700 BCE. The discovery of Harappa in 1829 CE was the first indication that any such civilization existed in India.

Step by step solution: In the 1920s during excavations of Mohenjo-daro, one of the main centres of the Indus civilization; The Great Bath was discovered. The Bath was constructed with fine brickwork and measures 897 square feet (83 square metres). The Great Bath dates to the 3rd millennium BCE, it is an ancient structure at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan and is believed to have been used for ritual bathing.

Mohenjo-daro is one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, it is also known as " Mound of the dead". Owing to the richness of Monuments, structures and number of Baths discovered; it has been generally regarded as a capital of an extensive state of Indus Valley Civilization. The city was well designed as most houses had small bathrooms, walls plastered with mud and the streets were well-provided with drains and sanitation. Mohenjo-daro was assumed to be divided into two sections: Citadel, which was a ceremonial headquarters of the site and Lower Town, had courtyard houses.So, option A is correct.

Option B-Kalibangan was a major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization. An Italian Indologist (1887–1919), discovered the site of Kalibangan during excavations.
However, this option is not correct.

Option C- Bhrigu Kaccha,is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India; it is formerly known as Broach. Due to a well-known saint Bhrigu, the city was named as Bhrigu Kaccha. This is an incorrect option.

Option D- Harappa, the city residents created a standardized weight system along with making sculpture, seals, from materials, such as terracotta, metal, and stone. This is not a correct option.

NOTE: The people of Indus Valley Civilization had unparalleled expertise in town planning, water management and harvesting systems as well as drainage mechanisms. Thus, it is an important landmark in the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent.