Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the Mesolithic period?

The correct answer is C) Bagor. Bagor, on the Kothari river in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, is a Mesolithic site dated to roughly the 5th millennium BCE. It has yielded evidence of domestication of sheep and goat, which makes it one of the earliest such records in the Indian subcontinent. V.N. Misra's excavations there are the basis for this claim.

Why the others fall short:

• A) Odai is not associated with early domestication evidence in standard Mesolithic literature.
• B) Bori in the Godavari valley of Maharashtra is known for its early microlithic and Upper Palaeolithic-related assemblages, not for domesticated animal remains.
• D) Lakhania in the Belan valley of Uttar Pradesh is known for its Upper Palaeolithic and microlithic tools, not for evidence of domestication.

The core concept is the shift from hunting-gathering towards pastoralism and early food production. For Mains, this connects to the debate on how food production spread in India and the role of the Aravalli-region cultures in the transition to the Chalcolithic.

Trap: Aspirants pick Bori or Lakhania because of their microlith-rich Mesolithic reputation and forget to separate 'Mesolithic site' from 'site with domestication evidence'. Bagor is the one that satisfies both.