INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

Question 1

DIVISION OF CITIES IN HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION?

Answer 1

DIVIDED INTO TWO OR MORE PARTS
1 CITADEL- WEST, SMALL AND HIGHER. CONSTRUCTED ON A MUD BRICK PLATFORM SO HIGH.
2 EASTERN PART WAS LARGER AND LOWER. SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE BUILT ON PLATFORMS WHICH SERVED AS FOUNDATIONS.
VERY OFTEN WALLS OF BAKED BRICK WERE BUILT AROUND EACH PART.
BRICKS IN INTERLOCKING PATTERN.

Question 2

SPECIAL BUILDING ON CITADEL OF MOHENJODARO?

Answer 2

MOHENJODARO- SPECIAL TANK AKA GREAT BATH AND WAREHOUSE WERE FOUND.
GREAT BATH WAS A LARGE RECTANGULAR TANK IN A COURTYARD SURROUNDED BY CORRIDOR ON ALL SIDES. IT FEATURES ARE:-
1 LINED WITH BRICKS.
2 COATED WITH PLASTER.
3 MADE WATER TIGHT WITH NATURAL TAR. (MORTAR OF GYPSUM).
4 STEPS LEADING DOWN TO IT FROM TWO SIDES. (FROM NORTH AND SOUTH).
5 ROOM ON ALL SIDES.
6 ACROSS A LANE TO THE NORTH LAY A SMALLER BUILDING WITH 8 BATHROOMS, FOUR ON EACH SIDE OF A CORRIDOR.

Question 3

POTTERY OF HARAPPAN CULTURE?

Answer 3

RED POTTERY PAINTED WITH DESIGNS IN BLACK.

Question 4

UNIQUE OBJECTS FOUND IN ALMOST ALL CITIES OF PUNJAB AND SIND IN PAKISTAN AND IN GUJARAT, RAJASTHAN, HARYANA AND PUNJAB IN INDIA FROM INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION TIMES?

Answer 4

1 RED POTTERY PAINTED WITH DESIGNS IN BLACK.
2 PARALLELED SIDED LONG STONE BLADES
3 COPPER TOOLS
4 SEALS AND SPECIAL BEADS.

Question 5

HARAPPA LOCATION?

Answer 5

RAVI.
PAKISTAN.

Question 6

MOHENJODARO LOCATION?

Answer 6

INDUS.
SINDH PAKISTAN.

Question 7

CHANHUDARO LOCATION?

Answer 7

INDUS RIVER.
SIND- PAKISTAN

Question 8

RAKHIGARHI LOCATION?

Answer 8

HISSAR, HARYANA.

Question 9

KALIBANGAN LOCATION?

Answer 9

RAJASTHAN.

Question 10

GANWERIWALA LOCATION?

Answer 10

PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.

Question 11

SOTKAKOH LOCATION?

Answer 11

PAKISTAN.

Question 12

DHOLAVIRA LOCATION?

Answer 12

KHADIR BEYT OR BET IN RANN OF KUTCH. (FRESH WATER AND FERTILE SOIL)
GUJARAT.

Question 13

LOTHAL LOCATION?

Answer 13

BESIDE TRIBUTARY OF SABARMATI CLOSE TO GULF OF KHAMBAT.
GUJARAT.

Question 14

SURKOTADA LOCATION?

Answer 14

GUJARAT.

Question 15

THINGS FOUND IN HARAPPA?

Answer 15

1 STORE HOUSES.
2 TOY PLOUGH.
3. STONE SYMBOL OF LINGAM AND YONI.
4. MOTHER GODDESS FIGURE.
5. WHEAT AND BARLEY IN WOODEN MORTAR.
6. DICE.
7. COPPER SCALE AND MIRROR.
8. SCULPTURE OF DOG CHASING A DEER IN BRONZE METAL.
9. REDSTONE MALE TORSO.

Question 16

THINGS FOUND IN KALIBANGAN?

Answer 16

1 FIRE ALTARS.
2 PLOUGHED FIELD. TWO SET OF FURROWS AT RIGHT ANGLES SUGGESTS THAT TWO DIFFERENT CROPS WERE GROWN TOGETHER. (INTERCROPPING).
3 GREAT BATH.
4 BRONZE BULL.
5 BANGLE FACTORY.

Question 17

THINGS FOUND IN MOHENJODARO?

Answer 17

1 CLOTH ATTACHED TO LID OF SILVER VASE AND SOME COPPER OBJECTS.
2 STORE HOUSES.
3 SPINDLE WHORLS MADE OF TERRACOTTA AND FAIENCE.
4 STONE STATUE OF MAN WEARING EMBROIDERED CLOTH (BEARDED PRIEST).
5 SADDLE QUERNS.
6. GREAT BATH.
7. GREAT GRANARY.
8. DANCING GIRL AND PASHUPATI SEAL.
9. POST CREMATION BURIAL.

Question 18

THINGS FOUND IN DHOLAVIRA?

Answer 18

1 FRESH WATER AND FERTILE SOILS.
2 SPECIALIZED DRILLS.
3 CITIES DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS (EACH PART WAS SURROUNDED WITH MASSIVE STONEWALLS, WITH ENTRANCES THROUGH GATEWAYS.
4 LARGE OPEN AREA FOR CEREMONIES.
5 LARGE LETTERS OF THE HARAPPAN SCRIPT THAT WERE CARVED OUT OF WHITE STONE AND PERHAPS INLAID IN WOOD. THIS IS A UNIQUE FIND AS GENERALLY HARAPPAN WRITING HAS BEEN FOUND ON SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS SEAL. 10 LARGE SIZED SIGNS.
6 RESERVOIR.

Question 19

FINDINGS FROM LOTHAL?

Answer 19

1 DOCKYARD.
2 FIRE ALTARS.
3 STORE HOUSES.
4 SEMI PRECIOUS STONES (BEADS).
5 SEALS AND SEALINGS (IMPRESSION OF SEALS ON CLAY).
6 SPECIALIZED DRILLS.
7 GREAT BATH.
8. MODERN DAY CHESS.
9. INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING 45, 90 AND 180 DEGREE ANGLES.
10. PRACTICE OF BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS.

Question 20

HOUSES, DRAINS AND STREETS OF INDUS VALLEY?

Answer 20

HOUSE
1 ONE OR TWO STOREYS.
2 ROOMS AROUND COURTYARDS.
3 MOST HOUSE HAD SEPARATE BATHING AREA.
4 HAS WELLS.
DRAINS
1 MOST OF THE CITIES HAD COVERED DRAINS.
2 EACH DRAIN HAD GENTLE SLOPE.
3 INSPECTION HOLES AT INTERVALS.
ALL THREE HOUSES, DRAINS AND STREETS WERE PROBABLY PLANNED AND BUILT AT THE SAME TIME.

Question 21

STONE WEIGHTS OF INDUS VALLEY WERE MADE OF?

Answer 21

CHERT.

Question 22

MOST BEADS OF INDUS VALLEY WERE MADE FROM?

Answer 22

CARNELIAN (RED STONE).

Question 23

COTTON WAS PROBABLY GROWN AT MEHRGARH FROM ABOUT?

Answer 23

7000 YEARS AGO.

Question 24

METALS USED IN HARAPPAN TIMES?

Answer 24

1 COPPER
2 BRONZE
3 GOLD
4 SILVER
NO IRON WAS USED.

Question 25

WHAT IS FAIENCE?

Answer 25

IT WAS USED TO MAKE BEADS, BANGLES, EARRINGS AND TINY VESSELS.
IT WAS ARTIFICIALLY PRODUCED.
GUM USED TO SHAPE SAND OR POWERED QUARTZ. RESULTANT OBJECT WAS THEN GLAZED, RESULTING IN SHINY, GLASSY SURFACE.
COLORS OF GLAZE WERE USUALLY BLUE OR SEA GREEN.

Question 26

WHERE DID HARAPPANS GET COPPER FROM?

Answer 26

CROW
COPPER FROM RAJASTHAN AND OMAN IN WEST ASIA.

Question 27

HARAPPANS GET THEIR TIN FROM?

Answer 27

AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN.

Question 28

HARAPPANS GET THEIR GOLD FROM?

Answer 28

KARNATAKA.

Question 29

HARAPPANS GET THEIR PRECIOUS STONES FROM?

Answer 29

GIA
GUJARAT, IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN.

Question 30

FOOD IN HARAPPAN CITIES?

Answer 30

1 A TOY PLOUGH HAS BEEN FOUND.
2 THIS REGION DOES NOT RECIEVE HEAVY RAINFALL, SOME FORM OF IRRIGATION MAY HAVE BEEN USED.
3 THEY COLLECTED FRUITS LIKE BER, CAUGHT FISH AND HUNTED WILD ANIMALS LIKE ANTELOPE.
4 PEAS, SESAME, LINSEED, MUSTARD, WHEAT, BARLEY, PULSES AND RICE WERE GROWN.

Question 31

WHY INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION OR HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION ENDED?

Answer 31

3900 YEARS AGO.
IN MOHENJODARO
1 GARBAGE PILED UP ON STREETS.
2 DRAINAGE SYSTEM BROKE DOWN.
3 NEW, LESS IMPRESSIVE HOUSES WERE BUILT.
ELSEWHERE
1 RIVERS DRIED UP.
2 DEFORESTATION- AS FUEL WAS REQUIRED FOR BAKING BRICKS AND FOR SMELTING COPPER ORES.
3 OVERGRAZING BY CATTLE DESTROYED GREEN COVER.
4 FLOODS IN SOME AREAS.
5 RULERS LOST CONTROL AND SITES IN SIND AND WEST PUNJAB WERE ABANDONED.