RAS question
The copper-age site of Ganeshwar, which yielded the largest collection of copper objects in India, is located in which district of Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (A) Sikar.
Ganeshwar, the Copper Age site known for India's largest collection of copper objects, is located in Sikar district of Rajasthan.
Explanation
Ganeshwar is a Copper Age site in Neem Ka Thana tehsil of Sikar district, Rajasthan, near the Kantli river. The official Sikar district profile places Ganeshwar and Bageshwar in Neem Ka Thana and notes that both are part of the pre-Harappan period, confirming why Sikar is the district to remember. The site is important because it yielded more than 1000 copper objects, including arrowheads, spearheads and rings. Dated roughly to 2800-2200 BCE, Ganeshwar is treated in Rajasthan history as a major copper-working centre and as a mother culture that supplied copper implements to the Harappan civilisation.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Jhunjhunu belongs to the wider Shekhawati region, but the cited district profile places Ganeshwar in Neem Ka Thana, Sikar, not in Jhunjhunu.
- (C) Nagaur is not the district of Ganeshwar; the site famous for more than 1000 copper objects is located in Sikar district.
- (D) Alwar is not supported by the location evidence, which places Ganeshwar near the Kantli river in Sikar district.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan's Chalcolithic archaeology, especially the location and significance of copper-age cultures. It recurs in RAS because Ganeshwar links district geography, pre-Harappan chronology and early copper technology in one fact pattern.