PRE HISTORIC INDIA AND HARAPPAN CULTURE

Question 1

MESOLITHIC (MIDDLE STONE AGE) SITES?

Answer 1

1. LANGHANJ IN GUJARAT.
2. ADAMGARH IN MADHYA PRADESH.

Question 2

CHRONOLOGY OF STONE AGES?

Answer 2

1. PALEOLITHIC OR OLD STONE AGE.
2. MESOLITHIC OR MIDDLE STONE AGE.
3. NEOLITHIC AGE.
4. METAL AGE
   - CHALCOLITHIC (COOPER-STONE) PERIOD.
   - IRON AGE. IRON AGE OF SOUTHERN PENINSULA IS OFTEN RELATED TO MEGALITHIC BURIALS.

Question 3

TRANSITION FROM RURAL TO URBAN LIFE TOOK PLACE DURING WHICH HARAPPAN STAGE?
EARLY, MATURE OR LATE.

Answer 3

EARLY HARAPPAN STAGE.

Question 4

HARAPPAN SITES THAT HAD CITADEL?

Answer 4

HARAPPA, MOHENJODARO AND KALIBANGAN EACH HAD ITS OWN CITADEL.

Question 5

REMARKABLE FEATURES REGARDING TOWN PLANNING FROM HARAPPAN CULTURE?

Answer 5

1. LARGE SCALE USE OF BURNT BRICKS IN ALMOST ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTIONS.
2. ABSENCE OF STONE BUILDINGS.
3. UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

Question 6

GRANARIES HAVE BEEN FOUND FROM WHICH HARAPPAN SITES?

Answer 6

1. MOHENJODARO- THE LARGEST BUILDING IN MOHENJODARO IS A GRANARY.
2. HARAPPA- IN CITADEL OF HARAPPA AS MANY AS SIX GRANARIES.

Question 7

WHAT IS BOUSTROPHEDON METHOD?

Answer 7

WRITING IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION IN ALTERNATIVE LINES.

Question 8

WAS SATI PRACTICED DURING HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION?

Answer 8

NO CLEAR EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND.