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Given below are the locations of four archaeological sites in India:P. AttirampakkaQ. BhimbetkaR. PiklihalS. BurzahomWhich among the following presents the correct order of their locations from North to South?1. SQPR2. QRPS3. QSPR4. SQRP

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : SQRP

The correct answer is SQRP.

  • Burzahom is a major Neolithic Site of Kashmir present in the Srinagar district.
    • The site of Burzahom is a unique comprehensive storyteller of life between 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE.
    • It is located on a 'karewa' between the banks of the Dal Lake and the Zabarvan hills, about 5 km from the famous Mughal garden of Shalimar.
    • It was the first  Neolithic site to be discovered in Kashmir.
  • In India Bhimbetka caves are surrounded by the northern boundaries of the Vindhya mountain ranges near Bhopal.
    • It has more than 600 caves that have the oldest prehistoric paintings in India.
    •  Bhimbetka caves have been recognized by UNESCO in India, as one of the oldest.
    • These caves had been used as a shelter by people from the earliest periods. 
    • Thus, you find paintings of all periods starting from the Paleolithic era to the medieval era. 
  • Piklihal is located in Raichur district in Karnataka state.
    • It is a neolithic period site.
  • Attirampakka is a middle Palaeolithic culture site located in Tamil Nadu.
    • William King of the East India Company's Geological Survey found the first primitive stone tools at Attirampakkam in the early 1860s.


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