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Regarding the 'Isko' Rock Art site in Hazaribagh, which statement best explains its significance in the context of Jharkhand's archaeological heritage?
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- 1It is an industrial heritage site where the first indigenous iron-smelting experiments were conducted by British geologists.
- 2It contains Mesolithic rock paintings and a 'Labyrinth' (voluted design) that scholars argue represents ancient astronomical maps or ritualistic paths.✓
- 3It features a natural limestone cave used as a treasury by the Chero kings during the Mughal invasion.
- 4It is a Buddhist site containing the remains of a 7th-century stupa that served as a rest house for Xuanzang.
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It contains Mesolithic rock paintings and a 'Labyrinth' (voluted design) that scholars argue represents ancient astronomical maps or ritualistic paths.
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