The early Harappan site of Amri, which gives its name to a pre-Harappan culture, is located in:

Amri is an archaeological site in the Jamshoro district of Sindh, Pakistan, on the right bank of the Indus, near the Kirthar hills.

About Amri:

It was first excavated by N. G. Majumdar in 1929.

It was excavated more extensively by the French archaeologist Jean-Marie Casal from 1959 to 1962.

It shows a long sequence: an early phase called the "Amri culture" (before the mature Harappan period), followed by the Harappan and later phases.

The Amri culture:

• It dates from about 3600-3000 BCE onwards.
• It is one of the "early Harappan" or "pre-Harappan" cultures of the Indus region.
• People lived in houses of mud brick and stone.
• They used wheel-made pottery painted with geometric designs and animals.
• They used copper and bronze in small amounts.
• Some features, such as granaries with compartments, suggest growing complexity.

Importance:

• Sites like Amri show how the mature Harappan civilisation developed gradually from earlier village cultures.
• At Amri, the early and mature Harappan levels are found one above the other, which helps archaeologists understand the sequence.
• Evidence of a rhinoceros has been reported from the site.

Other early Harappan sites:

• Kot Diji (Sindh): with fortifications.
• Mehrgarh (Balochistan): with early farming.
• Rehman Dheri (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
• Kalibangan (early phase) in Rajasthan.
• Bhirrana and Kunal in Haryana.

Harappan sites in Sindh:

Mohenjo-daro, Chanhudaro, Kot Diji and Amri.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Balochistan has sites such as Mehrgarh, Nausharo and Sutkagen Dor.
• ✗Gujarat has sites such as Lothal and Surkotada.
• ✗Haryana has sites such as Rakhigarhi and Banawali.