Given below are the locations of four archaeological sites in India.
(P) Attirampakkam, (Q) Bhimbetka, (R) Piklihal, (S) Burzahom
Which among the following presents the correct order of their locations from North to South?
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Burzahom
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.
Bhimbetka
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
Piklihal is located in Raichur district in Karnataka state.
It is a neolithic period site.
Attirampakkam
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.
Map of India marking some major Indian excavation sites by period, including Burzahom, Bimbetka, Hunasagi Valley and Attirampakkam.