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Question
With reference to Harappan Culture, answer the following question:
Discuss briefly how the Harappan Civilisation was discovered.
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Solution
Under Lord Curzon in 1901, Sir John Marshall, the Director-General of Archaeological Survey of India, revealed the Harappan Civilisation near Harappa in Punjab. In 1921, Dayaram Sahni, an officer in the Archaeological. The Survey of India got ruins dugout, around Harappa. In 1922, R.D. Banerjee along with a Buddhist monk found the city of Mohenjo-Daro under a mound. Later, Sir John Marshall ordered large-scale excavations.
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