- Kalibangan is located in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, India. - The Ghaggar river is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. Its dried-up course is believed by many scholars to be the path of the ancient Vedic Sarasvati river. - Archaeological evidence from Kalibangan indicates its existence along this river system during the Harappan period.
Kalibangan was situated on the dried bank of the river ______.
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2021 · Topic: Indus Valley Civilization (Major Sites: Distinctive Features and Discoveries (e.g., Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Lothal, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi, Kalibangan))
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