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  1. Which of the following Harappan sites had a dockyard?
    1. Harappa
    2. Mohenjodaro
    3. Lothal
    4. Alamgirpur
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.



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