Kotada Badli

Why in news?

• The residents of the Indus Valley Civilisation produced the earliest known dairy products in South Asia, new research has revealed based on evidences from Kotada Badli Site.

About Kotada Badli:

• Kotada Bhadli settlement located in modern day-Gujarat’s Kutch district.
• It was an agro-pastoral settlement in the Indus Valley civilisation, occupied from the mid to the late third millennium BCE.
• Scientists have found evidence of dairy processing, that is, the preservation of milk through fermentation and other techniques at Kotada Badli.

Why is this important?

• The significance of the finding lies in the revelation that cheese was very likely made and consumed in the subcontinent during what is known as the Mature Harappan period.
• This would make it the earliest evidence of cheese-making in the region.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following Indus valley sites and their Regions:
1.Chanhu Daro: Sindh
2.Sutkagendor: Balochistan
3.Bhagatrav : Rann of Kutch
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)2 only
(d)1,2 and 3

Answer to prelims question