Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Afghan rule was established in the state in 1762 and continued till 1819. The 67 years of Afghan rule is known as the Darkest period in the history of Kashmir. The subedars (Governors) showed cruelty towards their people. People began to be looted by Afghan soldiers, they were not even safe in their houses.

The name 'Kashmir' first got its mention in Nilmata Purana as Kashyap Mar or Kashyap Pura. According to Purana, the valley was a huge lake called Satisara. It was drained out by Rishi Kashyap on whose name the entire valley got its name. In Brahit Samhita, Kashmir is mentioned as Kashmiras.

A neolithic skull has also been found at Burzahom. The skull has a hole dug into it due to which historians suggest that surgical practices may have taken place.

The correct answer is Option D: Burzahom.

Burzahom is located in Jammu and Kashmir and is a very important archaeological site.
It shows evidence of early human settlements dating back to the Neolithic period.
This means it's one of the oldest places in India where we find evidence of people living there a very long time ago!
At Burzahom, archaeologists have found things like dwellings dug into the ground (pit-dwellings), stone tools, and pottery, which help us understand how people lived in that era.

The other options are not the earliest archaeological sites:
Begagund, Gofkral, and Pampur are also important places in Jammu and Kashmir, but they are not as old or as archaeologically significant as Burzahom when we are talking about the *earliest* sites in India.

According to historians, the 4^th Buddhist Council was held by Kanishka at Kundalvana (Harwan) in Kashmir.

Habib Shah’s able Minister Gazi Chak defeated the Mughal army at Rajouri. Gazi Chak became powerful and soon dismissed Habib Shah to establish himself on the throne of Kashmir.

Chak Dynasty was founded by Nasir-ud-Din Mohammad Ghazi Shah Chak (Gazichak) between 1555 - 1561.

In 1579, Akbar visited Kashmir. He appointed Raja Todarmal (his Finance Minister) to introduce revenue settlement in Kashmir to make it uniform with the rest of his kingdom.

Kalhana was the first historian who wrote about Kashmir in his book Rajatarangini during 1148 - 1150 AD. It is earliest source on Kashmir that can be labelled as a reliable 'historical text'. According to Rajatarangini, Kashmir had been ruled by various kings and remained a home to many dynasties.

The Mughal Governors in Kashmir were corrupt. They started looting people. There was a steep rise in crime and violence. Due to this misrule, two Kashmiri noblemen, Miri Muquim Kant and Khwaja Zahir Didmari invited Ahmad Shah Abdali Durrani of Kabul (Commander of Nadir Shah), who was at Lahore in 1752 to capture Kashmir.