Which among the following sites has given the evidence of an earliest recorded “Earthquake”?

• A. Lothal
• B. Kalibangan
• C. Surkotda
• D. Harappa

Answer: (B)

According to B. B. Lal, former DG of ASI, Kalibangan site shows that an earthquake occured around 2600 BC, which brought to an end the Early Indus settlement at the site. It is perhaps the earliest archaeologically recorded earthquake.