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Which of the following Harappan sites had a dockyard?
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- Harappa
- Mohenjodaro
- Lothal
- Alamgirpur
- Harappa
Correct Option: C
Lothal, located along the Bhogava river, a tributary of Sabarmati, in the Gulf of Khambat in Gujarat, was the only port-town of the Indus Valley Civilisation. It had a basin with vertical wall, inlet and outlet channels which has been identified as a tidal dockyard. Lothal’s dock was the earliest known dock found in the world, equipped to berth and service ships.