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Identify the following places marked on the map supplied to you (on page 4) and write a short note of about 30 words on each of them in your Question-cum-Answer Booklet. Locational hints for each of the places marked on the map are given below seriatim:

(i) A Neolithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(ii) A Neolithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(iii) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(iv) A Megalithic site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(v) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(vi) A Painted-Grey-ware site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(vii) An inscriptional site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(viii) An important ancient city (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(ix) An ancient port (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(x) A site of ancient cave-paintings (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xi) A Buddhist site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xii) An educational centre (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xiii) Brahmadeya village (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xiv) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xv) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xvi) A temple site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xvii) An ancient capital (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xviii) An ancient sea-port (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xix) An archaeological temple site (2.5 marks, 30 words)

(xx) A Harappan site (2.5 marks, 30 words)