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Q95 (CDS-I/2012) History & Culture › Ancient India › Ancient epigraphy and archaeology Answer Verified

Which one among the following statements regarding Jorwe Culture is not correct ?

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The Jorwe culture (c. 1400–700 BCE) was a significant Chalcolithic culture in the Deccan. Its nuclear zone was the Pravara-Godavari Valley, with major sites including Daimabad, Inamgaon, Jorwe, and Nevasa. Archaeological evidence at Daimabad confirms the practice of symbolic burials, where grave goods were placed without a body. Regarding the decline, while most Chalcolithic sites in Western and Central India were eventually deserted due to increasing aridity and a drastic decline in rainfall, this process was not 'sudden' across all settlements. At Inamgaon, the culture did not disappear abruptly but transformed from the Early Jorwe to the Late Jorwe phase (c. 1100–700 BCE), where people adopted a more semi-nomadic, impoverished lifestyle rather than immediate desertion. Therefore, the statement claiming all settlements were suddenly deserted is incorrect.

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