RAS question
Bagore in Bhilwara district is significant for providing the earliest evidence of:
Correct answer: (C) Animal domestication in the Indian subcontinent.
Bagor in Bhilwara district is significant because it provides the earliest evidence of animal domestication in the Indian subcontinent.
Explanation
Bagor, on the Kothari River in Bhilwara district, is a major Mesolithic site and is treated as the key evidence point for early animal domestication in the Indian subcontinent. This evidence is dated to around 5000 BCE, and Testbook describes Bagor as one of India's largest and best-documented Mesolithic sites, with occupation beginning around 5000-4500 BC. Its animal-bone evidence is why the site is linked with early husbandry rather than only hunting. Bagor is therefore associated with Mesolithic animal domestication, not pottery, copper technology, or rice cultivation.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Wheel-made pottery is not a Bagor marker, because wheel-made pottery belongs later in the Chalcolithic context.
- (B) Copper smelting is associated with Ganeshwar, not Bagor.
- (D) Rice cultivation is tied to evidence from eastern India, not to Bagor in Bhilwara.
Concept
Rajasthan History, Art & Culture often connects archaeological sites with their distinctive historical evidence. Bagor is linked to Mesolithic animal domestication and remains important in RAS preparation for Rajasthan site-feature matching.