Q. Which of the following provide(s) the first evidence for domestication of animals?

1. Bagor, Rajasthan
2. Tekkalakote, Karnataka
3. Adamgarh, Madhya Pradesh
4. Chirand, Bihar

Select the correct option from the codes given below:
Answer: Only 1 and 3
Notes: Adamgarh in Madhya Pradesh and Bagor in Rajasthan provide the earliest evidence for domestication of animals. The people of the Mesolithic period lived on hunting, fishing and food gathering: at a later stage they also raised domesticated animals. The typical tools of the Mesolithic era are microliths. The Mesolithic site Bagor in Rajasthan is very well excavated. It had a distinctive microlithic industry, and its inhabitants subsist on hunting and pastoralism.

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