Question

Examine any two evidences found by the archaeologist B.B. Lal after

excavation at a village named Hastinapur in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Short brief on the excavation at a village named Hastinapur in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.​

Explanation:

Artifacts that were found in Hastinapur of Meerut resembled a strong cultural heritage of India that was once mentioned in the Epic Mahabharata. Archeologists found many artifacts like bowls, cooking pots, pitches and plates. As per the record given by the chief of the excavation, the people who lived in that place were connected to the time period that was mentioned in Mahabharata.

As per the archaeologist BB Lal, the excavation has given a clear view on the time period of the epic ear Kurukshetra.  

Answer 2

Lal found evidence of five occupational levels

i)The houses in the second phase had no definite plan ( C12th century-7 century BCE)

ii)The walls of mud and mud bricks were duly encountered in the second phase

iii)The mud plaster with prominent reed marks suggested that some houses had reed walls plastered with mud

iv)For the third phase houses were built of mud brick as well as burnt bricks ( C 6 century - 34 century BCE)

v)Brick drains were used for draining out refuse water while terracotta ring wells may have been used both as wells and drainage pits.

vi)Any other relevant point

(Any four points)