The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the:

Correct answer: (d) Harappan culture

Explanation

The Harappans were the first people in India known to use silver. Silver vessels, ornaments and other objects have been found at Harappan sites such as Mohenjo-daro. The Harappans also worked copper, bronze, gold and lead.

• Punch-marked coins, many of them silver, came much later, in the age of the Mahajanapadas.
• The Chalcolithic cultures of western India used mainly copper, with stone tools.
• The Vedic texts mention silver, but they are later than the Harappan finds and are literary, not archaeological, evidence.