{"id":586588,"date":"2023-06-15T23:15:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T23:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:45:03","slug":"the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/history\/the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The first site to be excavated after independence was"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The first site to be excavated after independence was","custom_permalink":"question\/history\/the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was\/"},"categories":[133],"acf":{"question":"<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal\"><span>The first site to be excavated after independence was<\/span><\/p><br><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal\"><spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><p><\/p><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal\"><\/spanstyle=\"font-family:'timesnewroman';-aw-import:ignore\"><\/pstyle=\"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal\">","options":[{"option":"<span>Ropar<\/span>","correct":true},{"option":"<span>Mohenjodaro<\/span>","correct":false},{"option":"<span>Bhirrana<\/span>","correct":false},{"option":"<span>Banawali<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>","correct":false}],"solution":"<span>The first site to be excavated after independence was Ropar.<\/span><br><span>The ancient town of Ropar in the state of Punjab was founded around the 11th century AD and was named after the son of the region's ruler. <\/span><br><span>The Ropar area has been inhabited for millennia, and the current town was the site of an ancient Indus civilization center. Ropar is a Harappan site where pre-Harappan and Harappan culture remains have been discovered. Ropar is the site of the first Indus Valley excavations in independent India. The Ropar excavations have provided a detailed understanding of the Indus Valley civilization and the Harappa Culture. Further excavations have revealed a cultural shift with some missing elements, according to archaeologists.<\/span><br><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>","subject":"History"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The first site to be excavated after independence was - Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first site to be excavated after independence was\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/history\/the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The first site to be excavated after independence was - Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first site to be excavated after independence was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/question\/history\/the-first-site-to-be-excavated-after-independence-was\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InfinityLearn.SriChaitanya\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/infinitylearn.com\/surge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/infinitylearn.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1008\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InfinityLearn_\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The first site to be excavated after independence was - 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