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| Item | Detail | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Earliest Palaeolithic site type in Rajasthan | Luni basin handaxe/cleaver sites (quartzite) | Lower Palaeolithic, c. 600,000 BCE |
| Bagore location | Kothari River, Bhilwara district | Mesolithic site |
| Bagore excavator | V.N. Misra, Deccan College, Pune | 1967–70 |
| Bagore key finding | Cattle/sheep/goat domestication | c. 5000 BCE (earliest in Rajasthan) |
| Tilwara location | Luni River, Barmer district | Mesolithic site |
| Ahar-Banas date range | c. 2800–1500 BCE | Chalcolithic |
| Ahar-Banas diagnostic pottery | Black-and-red ware (BRW) | Firing inversion technique |
| No. of Ahar-Banas sites | 90+ | Banas-Berach river basin |
| Ahar (Dhulkot) excavators | H.D. Sankalia, R.C. Agrawala | 1953–54 |
| Balathal significance | Copper-smelting furnace evidence | V.S. Shinde, 1993–2006 |
| Ganeshwar location | Neem ka Thana, Sikar district | Near Khetri copper belt |
| Ganeshwar copper artefacts | 900+ items (arrowheads, fishhooks, axes) | R.C. Agrawala & V. Kumar, 1977–84 |
| Ganeshwar dates | c. 2800–2200 BCE | Pre-Harappan to early Harappan |
| Kalibangan location | Left bank of Ghaggar River, Hanumangarh | Harappan site |
| Kalibangan meaning | "Black bangles" (local Rajasthani dialect) | From surface finds |
| Kalibangan identifier | A. Ghosh (ASI Director General) | 1952 |
| Kalibangan excavators | B.B. Lal & B.K. Thapar, ASI | 1961–69 |
| World's oldest ploughed field | Kalibangan, pre-Harappan level | c. 2800 BCE |
| Kalibangan unique feature 1 | Double fortification (citadel + lower town) | Absent at Mohenjo-daro/Harappa |
| Kalibangan unique feature 2 | Fire altars on citadel (5–6 platforms) | Absent at other Harappan sites |
| Matsya Mahajanapada capital | Viratnagar (Bairath), Jaipur district | c. 600 BCE |
| Ashokan edicts in Rajasthan | Two Minor Rock Edicts at Bairath | Only Ashokan inscriptions in Rajasthan |
| Bhabru Edict significance | Addressed to Buddhist Sangha; lists 7 texts | Unique among all Ashokan inscriptions |
| Ghosundi Inscription | Near Nagari (Madhyamika), Chittorgarh | 1st century BCE |
| Ghosundi language/script | Sanskrit, Brahmi script | Earliest Sanskrit Brahmi in Rajasthan |
| Ghosundi content | Vāsudeva-Saṃkarṣaṇa worship enclosure | Earliest epigraphic Vaishnava reference |
| Rairh location | Tonk district | Malava tribal capital |
| Rairh key find | 3,000+ Malava coins | K.N. Puri, ASI, 1938–40 |
| Malava coin legend | "Mālavānāṃ jayaḥ" (Victory of Malavas) | Punch-marked and die-struck |
| Kanyadeh rock art | Baran district | Mesolithic–Chalcolithic period |
| Rock art style connection | Central Indian province (Bhimbetka tradition) | V.S. Wakankar's classification |
| Only direct PYQ (Mains) | Ahar Culture features | RPSC Mains 2018, 10 marks |