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1st Director General of ASI

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Alexander Cunnigham

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Excavation of Harappa

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1921 - Dayaram Sahwney

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Excavation of Mohenjo-Daro

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1922 - R D Banarjee

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Unique Features of IVC

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> Urban Town Planning
Burnt Bricks
Underground drainage system

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IVC Site without burnt bruck structures

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Dholavira

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Which age did IVC belong to?

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Bronze Age

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Extend of IVC

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> North - Manda, Kashmir
South - Daimabad, Maharashtra
East - Alamgirpur, UP
West - Desalpur
North-Western - Shortugai, Afghanistan

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Harappa

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  1. River - Ravi
  2. Granaries, bullock cart
  3. Sandstone statues of human
  4. Copper chariot with canopy
  5. Workmen’s quarter
  6. Wooden Plough
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Mohenjo Daro

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  1. River - Indus
  2. Bronze Dancing Girl
  3. Pasupati seal
  4. Steatite statue of beard Man, great bath, granary
  5. Piece of woven cotton
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Suktagendor

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  1. River - Indus
  2. Trade pt. b/w Harappa & Babylon
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Chanhudaro

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  1. River - Indus
  2. Bead makers shop
  3. Footprint of dog chasing cat
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Kalibangan

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  1. River Ghaggar
  2. Camel bones
  3. Wooden plough, fire altar, earliest debatable earthquake
  4. Ploughes field
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Kot Diji

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1, River - Indus
2. Situated on left bank of Ghaggar

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Rangpur

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  1. River - Madar
  2. Left bank of Madar
  3. Plant remains
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Lothal

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  1. River - Bhogava
  2. Dockyard
  3. 1st manmade port
  4. Rice husk, fire altars
  5. Chess
  6. wooden plough
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Rakhigarhi

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  1. River - Ghaggar
  2. Inscripted seal
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Surkatoda

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  1. Bones of horses
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Banawali

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  1. River - Sarawati
  2. Barley
  3. wooden plough
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Dholavira

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  1. Water Harvesting System
  2. Water reservoir
  3. Largest Harappan Inscription
  4. Upper, middle and lower town
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Town Planning of IVC

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  1. Two parts of Town: upper & lower
  2. Burnt brick structres
  3. grid pattern
  4. Multi storied houses
  5. Wells and Bathrooms
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Great Bath

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2.4 m deep rectangular pool with stairs on two sides and 6 bathrooms on two sides

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Inference of Granaries

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Agriculture was well-known and practiced. Planners and self suffircient. Disaster managament, taxation, public districution, trade

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Citadel

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a mini fort in the upper town, 6 citadels - HMDCBLK

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Evidence of wooden plough

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Banawali, Harappa, Lothal, Kalibangan

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Cotemporary civilzations

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Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Egpyt

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Port stops b/w IVC and Mesopotamia

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DIlmun - Bharain

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Source of Lapiz Lazuli

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Shortugai, Afghanistan

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Polity during IVC

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  1. Oligarchy - 6 Leaders/chiefs
  2. Priest King
  3. Centralisation
  4. Uniformity in structures
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Society

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Egalitarian society, no slavery, matriarchal pattern

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Religion

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  1. Mother Goddess
  2. Nature elements
  3. Pashupati
  4. Humped Bull, unicron, Elephant, tiger, deer
  5. Linga Worship
  6. Secularism
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Harappan Script

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Pictographic and geometric, not deciphered, Boustrophedon

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Harappan Seals

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Used for trade purposes, steatite, copper, bronze, pictographic - animals

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Weights and Measures

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Uniform throughout the civilization

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Metallurgy

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Bronze = Tin + Copper

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Bronze Dancing Girl

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Tribanga, ornamented, hair in bun with flowers

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Disposal of the dead:

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Burial not cremation, usually NS direction, except at Rakhigarhi in EW Direction

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Types of Burials practiced:

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  1. Extended burial
  2. Coffin Burial
  3. Urn Burial
  4. Fractional Burial
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Decline of IVC

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Frequent Floods

39
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Where is Cholistan Located?

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Desert area of Pakistan near Thar desert

40
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Early and Mature Harappan Sites

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