Ancient History PYQ 27 of 208 · Vedic Age

Boghaz-Koi is important because:

  1. AIt was an important trading centre between Central Asia and Tibet
  2. BInscriptions were found which mentioned the names of Vedic Gods and goddesses
  3. COriginal texts of the Vedas were composed here
  4. DNone of the above

39th BPSC (Pre) 1994

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Correct answer: (b) Inscriptions were found which mentioned the names of Vedic Gods and goddesses

Explanation

Fourteenth-century BCE inscriptions from Boghazkoi in Asia Minor invoke Indra, Mitra, Varuna and the Nasatyas as witnesses to a treaty, which is why they matter for the Aryan question.

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