Indus Civilization

c. 3300 BCE – c. 1300 BCE

What was the script used by the Indus Civilization?

Bhavchitramak

At which Indus Valley Site, the remains of Horse bones have been found?

Surkotada

In which year was the Indus civilization discovered?

1921

In which state is the Indus Valley site Kalibanga?

Rajasthan

Lothal and Dholavira, the two major Harappan sites of the Indus Valley site, are located in which state?

Gujarat

Lothal (Ahmedabad) & Dholavira (Kutch)

What was the main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?

business

How were the houses of the Indus civilization built?

With bricks

Who was the first explorer of the Harappan civilization?

Dayaram Sahni

Findings of Harappan Civilization

• Potter’s Wheel
• Granary
• Labour accommodation
• Elephant skull
• ** Swastika symbol
• Marking of a horned animal on a seal
• A plant growing from a woman’s womb on a rectangular seal
• Evidence of buried dead bodies

Who was the port of Indus civilization?

Lothal, Balakot, Kuntasi, Allahdins

Which year was the discovery of the Indus civilization done?

1921

** Where is the evidence of ploughs ploughed under the Harappan civilization?

From Kalibanga

Where is the large bath of Indus civilization?

Mohenjo Daro

What is another name for Mohenjo Daro?

Mound of dead

** Who discovered Mohenjo Daro?

Rakhaldas Banerjee (1921)

What items were found from Mohenjo Daro?

• Purohit Aawas (Priest’s house)
• Huge granaries and sannanagar (conurbation)
  Sannanagar (conurbation) meaning: an extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of a central city.
• Pashupati Shiva Statue
• Bronze statue of a nartaki (dancer)
• Cotton clothes
• Copper piles
• Wells in houses

The Harappan site Ropar / Punjab is on the bank of which river?

Sutlej

Black Bangles (Kaali Chudiyan) were found in ___________.

Kalibanga

From where was the bronze statue of a Dancing Girl found?

From Mohenjo Daro

Which animals are inscribed in the seal of Pashupati excavated from Mohenjo Daro?

Vyaghra, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, deer (Remember – cow is absent)

The Harappan carpet was mostly made of which metal?

Stew (सेलखड़ी)

Findings in Lothal

• ** Couple cremation – symbol of Sati practice
• Man made harbour
• Godivada
• Rice Bran
• Fire altars
• Chess

Who discovered Chanhudaro?

N.G. Majumdar (1931)

Findings in Chanhudaro

• Bead making shops
• Footprints of a dog chasing cat
• Makeup utilities: Lipsticks, mirror

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