The urban settlement at Dholavira dates from which period?

The 3rd to the mid-2nd millennium BCECorrect answerYour answerThe 5th to the 4th millennium BCECorrect answerYour answerThe 1st millennium BCECorrect answerYour answerThe 1st millennium CECorrect answerYour answer

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The settlement belongs to the third and second millennia BCE, with the earliest evidence around 3000 BCE.
That is the span usually given for the Harappan civilisation as a whole, so the date doubles as the date of the civilisation.
Anything in the first millennium BCE is already the Vedic and post-Vedic world, which is a later chapter of the same story.

Worth noting

A question that asks 'how old is the Indus Valley Civilisation' wants the third millennium BCE. Answering 'the second' is the common slip.

Concept: The date range of the Harappan civilisation
Typical timeTypical: 40 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsThe Indus Valley Civilisation

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The urban settlement at Dholavira dates from which period?

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