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[#886] Kashyap Mar representing modern day Kashmir is found in which ancient scripture?
Correct Answer

(C) Nilmata Purana

Explanation

Solution: The name 'Kashmir' first got its mention in Nilmata Purana as Kashyap Mar or Kashyap Pura. According to Purana, the valley was a huge lake called Satisara. It was drained out by Rishi Kashyap on whose name the entire valley got its name. In Brahit Samhita, Kashmir is mentioned as Kashmiras.

[#887] The Neolithic Skull has been found at which place, which reveals that people of that period knew about the surgical practice of human trepanation?
Correct Answer

(A) Burzahom

Explanation

Solution: A neolithic skull has also been found at Burzahom. The skull has a hole dug into it due to which historians suggest that surgical practices may have taken place.

[#888] The earliest archaeological site of India is
Correct Answer

(D) Burzahom

Explanation

Solution: The correct answer is Option D: Burzahom . Burzahom is located in Jammu and Kashmir and is a very important archaeological site . It shows evidence of early human settlements dating back to the Neolithic period . This means it's one of the oldest places in India where we find evidence of people living there a very long time ago! At Burzahom, archaeologists have found things like dwellings dug into the ground (pit-dwellings) , stone tools , and pottery , which help us understand how people lived in that era. The other options are not the earliest archaeological sites: Begagund, Gofkral, and Pampur are also important places in Jammu and Kashmir, but they are not as old or as archaeologically significant as Burzahom when we are talking about the *earliest* sites in India.

[#889] The 4 th Buddhist Council was held where in Kashmir?
Correct Answer

(B) Kundalvana

Explanation

Solution: According to historians, the 4 th Buddhist Council was held by Kanishka at Kundalvana (Harwan) in Kashmir.

[#890] Who succeeded Sultan Habib Shah, the last Shah Mir ruler?
Correct Answer

(A) Gazi Chak

Explanation

Solution: Habib Shah’s able Minister Gazi Chak defeated the Mughal army at Rajouri. Gazi Chak became powerful and soon dismissed Habib Shah to establish himself on the throne of Kashmir.