Sindu Civilisation Flashcards
Total area and end points
1.3 million square km ( 13 lkh square)
East alamgir pur up
West surkatengdor pak
North manda jk
South daimabad mh
Total area and end points
1.3 million square km ( 13 lkh square)
East alamgir pur up
West surkatengdor pak
North manda jk
South daimabad mh
Contemporary of sindu
1 Mesopotamia ( sumerian- iraq mean land bt 2 rivers tigris and euphrates
2 egypt ( nile river
3 china (huang ho river
Characteristics of indus agr
1 agriculture (oct to apr, rabi, ne iron not known, kalibangan ( ploughed field) wooden plough and stone sickel, barley, wheat, rice( rangapur and lothal guj)
Imp com crop cotton ( first cultivated cotton)
Characteristics of profession
Used bronze( called as bronze cu + sn), brick industry, beads, ship building industry,
Characteristic of trade
1 local trade ( ekka cart for transport
2foreign trade ( ship main port lothal guj
Sumerians ( mesapotimians, seals)
Barter system
Characteristic of religion
Nature ( animal- bull, bird -dove, tree - pupil , main God - pasupati mahadeva mohenzandaro, sir John marshal 3 faces 6 animals ( betr Buffalo rhino tiger elephant and 2 deer), horse and lion not known, ammatalli ( mother goddesses
Sindu script
Ppictography ( drawing form
Baustrophedon ( sarpalekanam)
Sindu script
Ppictography ( drawing form
Baustrophedon ( sarpalekanam)
Sindh urbanisation
First urbanisation (upper and lower) only one city 3 parts dholavira, grid pattern( chess board) no grid pattern ( banawali) and one and only grid chandighar, drainage ( banawali has no drainage)
Sidh pak cities
Harappa(1921 ravi parushini pr pak Punjab, dayaram sahani, 12 granaries (small), H symmetry, snake seal, bronze seal, city of granaries,
Mohenzadaro (1922 , sind pak Sindh, rd banerjee, pasupati seal, great bath, bronze image of dancing girl, great granary, beard man( priest king)
Chanhudaro ( indus, pak, Sindh, norman brown, bead industry, cat remains, lipsticks, makeup kit, 3 times flood
Sindh indi cities
Latha( 1955 , bagova, guj, sr rao, port, dice, bronze mirrors, chess, rice, double buiral, fire altar, docky yard,
Kalibangan( ga ghar, raj, a gosh, ploughed land, camel remains, sist burial,)
banawali( saraswati, haryana, r s bist, round shape granary, tiger seal, pottery wheel, barley, and no grid and drainage
Dholavira( no river 1991,guj rs bist, stadium, reservoir, harapa script 10 symb) , 3 parts , ind high civi, unesco identified 2022 40 th unesco
Surkatoda( no river, guj jagapati joshi, horse,
Rangapur(ms wats, rice husk)
Cause of decline
Arya invade( martmer wheeler)
Floods(
Earthquake ( Robert l rikes
thore desert increase
Rock cut architecture
Dholavira
A copper chariot of harappa
Daimabad
