Who among the following named the Indus valley civilization as the 'Harappan civilization' after the name of the Indus site of Harappa?

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The correct answer is Sir John Marshall. Explanation:Sir John Marshall, who served as the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1902 to 1928, oversaw the excavations of both Harappa (discovered by Daya Ram Sahni in 1921) and Mohenjo-daro (discovered by R.D. Banerjee in 1922).  Following the archaeological convention of naming a culture after its type-site (the first excavated site of a culture), he named the newly discovered civilization the 'Harappan civilization' (and coined the term 'Indus Valley civilization') in his publications.

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Dr Sankhalia

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Dr SR Rao

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Sir M E M Wheeler

Who among the following named the Indus valley civilization as the 'Harappan civilization' after the name of the Indus site of Harappa?

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