The Chalcolithic archaeological site of Inamgaon, on the Ghod river, is situated in:

Inamgaon is a Chalcolithic (Copper-Stone Age) site on the banks of the Ghod river, a tributary of the Bhima, in the Pune district of Maharashtra.

About Inamgaon:

It was excavated by the Deccan College, Pune, from 1968 to 1983, under M. K. Dhavalikar and Z. D. Ansari.

It is one of the most thoroughly studied Chalcolithic villages in India.

It was occupied from about 1600 BCE to 700 BCE.

It shows three phases: the Malwa culture, the early Jorwe culture and the late Jorwe culture.

Important features:

• It was a large village with many houses, some round and some rectangular.
• Houses had mud walls and roofs of thatch, and many had storage pits and ovens.
• A large house in the centre of the village, with a granary, is believed to have belonged to the village chief.
• There is evidence of an irrigation channel and an embankment to control floods.
• People grew wheat, barley, rice, lentils and other crops, and kept cattle, sheep and goats.

Burials at Inamgaon:

• The dead were usually buried under the floors of houses.
• Children were buried in pots (urn burials).
• A famous burial shows an adult placed in a large clay jar in a seated (cross-legged) position, in a four-legged pot; it is believed to be that of the chief.

About the Chalcolithic period:

• "Chalcolithic" means "copper-stone"; people used copper along with stone tools.
• Chalcolithic cultures in India include the Ahar-Banas (Rajasthan), Kayatha and Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), and Jorwe (Maharashtra) cultures.
• They were mostly village farming cultures, living after or alongside the Harappan civilisation.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Madhya Pradesh has Chalcolithic sites such as Kayatha and Eran.
• ✗Gujarat has sites such as Prabhas Patan.
• ✗Rajasthan has Ahar and Gilund.