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Theme 1 BRICKS, BEADS AND BONES (THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION)

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                        BRICKS, BEADS AND BONES

                      (THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION)

 

Indus valley civilization is also known as Harappan civilization.
 It started flourishing along River Indus (now in Pakistan) at around 2600 B.C.
 Harappan civilization was the largest Bronze age civilization in the world
 Harappa was the first site of this civilization discovered by archaeologists
 It was an urban civilization. Its writing is not deciphered
 After 1900 B.C., most of the sites were abandoned due to some reasons
 By 1900 B.C. major part of the civilization ended


Period of Harappan Civilization

 The civilization is dated between 2600 BCE and 1900 BCE
 The period of the civilization is broadly divided in to three:
 1.The Early Harappan culture (Before 2600 BCE)
 2. The Mature Harappan culture (2600 BCE to 1900 BCE)
 3. The Late Harappan culture (After 1900)

Some important sites of Harappan civilization


 Kalibangan,Lothal,Rakhi Garhi,Dholavira,Rupar,Harappa,Ganeriwala,Chanhudaro,Sutakagen
Dor,Mohenjodaro,Amri,Balakot,Kot Diji,Rangpur,Nageshwar,Ganeriwala etc.

Major Developments in Harappan Archaeology


 1875-Report of Alexander Cunningham on Harappan seal
 1924-John Marshall announced the discovery of Harappan civilization
 1925-Excavation began at Mohenjodaro
 1944-R E M Wheeler became the Director General of ASI
 1946- R E M Wheeler excavates at Harappa
 1955-S.R.Rao begins excavation at Lothal
 1960-B.B Lal&B.K Thaper begins excavations at Kalibangan
 1974-M.R.Mughal begins explorations in Bahawalpur
 1990-R.S Bisht begins excavations at Dholavira.

Early archaeological cultures


 There were several archaeological cultures in the region prior to the Mature Harappan.
 These cultures were associated with distinctive pottery, evidence of agriculture, pastoralism and
some crafts.
 The settlements were small in size and had no large buildings


Subsistence strategies of the people


 Subsistence strategies of the people included hunting and gathering, cultivation, pastoralism, and
distribution.
 People relied on many plants and animals, fishing and agriculture for their food.
 There are evidences of bones of animals which prove that people consumed meat. Terracotta
models of oxen, plough etc.show that people relied on agriculture too.
Different types of food available to the people
 The Harappans ate wide range of plants and animal products, including fish.
 Archaeologists found grain such as wheat, barley, lentils, chickpea and sesame at the Harappan
sites.
 In Gujarat, Millets have been found. Rice was found rarely.
 Bones of cattle, fish, fowl, sheep, goat, buffalo, pig, boar, deer, and gharial are found at the sites.
Studies indicate that these animals were either domesticated or hunted by the Harappans

Agricultural technologies of Harappans

 Agriculture was the main occupation of the Harappans.
 The prevalence of agriculture is indicated by finds of grains.
 It is very difficult to reconstruct actual agricultural practices carried out by the Harappans.
 Terracotta sculptors of the bull and their representation on the seals indicate that bull was known
to them.
 From this, the archaeologists assume that the oxen were used for ploughing.
 Moreover, the Archaeologists have also found terracotta models of the plough at sites in
Cholistan and at Banwali (Haryana).
 Evidence of a ploughed field, associated with early Harappan levels have also found at
Kalibangan(Rajasthan)
 The field had two sets of furrows at right angles to each other, suggesting that two different crops
were grown together.
 Most of theHarappan sites were located in semi-arid regions.So,to enhance agricultural produce
,they needed facilities of irrigation.
 Traces of canals have been found at the Harappan site of Shortughai in Afghanistan.
 It is also likely that water was drawn from wells was used for irrigation.
 Besides, water reservoirs found in Dholavira (Gujarat) may have been used to store water for
agriculture.
 Processing of food required grinding equipment as well as vessels for mixing, blending and
cooking. These equipments were made of stone, metal and terracotta

Layout of Mohenjodaro: Architectural features of Mohenjodaro (Town Planning)

 The most spectacular part of Harappan structure is the large scale town layout.
 The city of Mohenjodaro was divided into two halves i.e.the Citadel and the lower city
 Citadel- It was built on mud brick platforms. It was walled and separated from the Lower Town.
 The citadel was probably used for special public purposes.
 The Lower Town was walled. Several buildings were made on the platform that served as
foundation.
 Labour was mobilized at a very large scale.
 The settlement was first planned and then implemented.
 Bricks used in the buildings were uniform in size.
 The roads and streets in the lower town were laid out in a grid pattern, intersecting at right angles.
 The streets and drains were first laid out and then houses were built on the same pattern.
 The Lower Town of Mohenjodaro provides examples of residential buildings.
 Most of these were centred on a courtyard, with rooms on all sides.
 Different activities like cooking, weaving etc. were carried out in the courtyard particularly
during the hot and dry seasons.
 There were no windows along the walls on the ground floor. So privacy could be maintained.
 The main entrance did not provide view of courtyard and interior. Every house had bathroom
paved with bricks which was connected through the wall to the street drains.
 In some houses remains of staircases to reach second storey or roof have been found.
 Many houses had wells which were reachable from outside for the use of outsiders. It is estimated
that the total number of wells in Mohenjodaro was about 700.

Drainage System of the Harappans

 One of the striking features of Harappan cities was the well planned drainage system.
 Every house was connected to the street drains.
 The drains were made of mortar, lime and gypsum.
 They were covered with big bricks which could be lifted easily to clean the drains.
 For sewage from the houses, pits were provided at either side of the street.
 Very long drainage channels were provided at intervals with sumps for cleaning.
 In smaller settlements such as Lothal, the houses were built of mud bricks and drains were made
of burnt bricks.
 Little heaps of materials mostly sand have frequently been found alongside the drains.
 This shows that the drains were cleaned at regular intervals.

The Great Bath

 On citadel, some special buildings were built like 'The great bath of Mohenjodaro'.
 Such buildings were used on some religious occasions or on public gatherings
 The Great Bath was a large rectangular tank surrounded by corridors on all four sides.
 There were two flights of steps on north and south leading into the tank.
 The tank was made watertight by laying bricks on the edge and using mortar and gypsum.
 Rooms were made on three sides of the tank, with one room having a large well.
 The water from the tank flowed into a huge drain.
 Across the lane there was a smaller building with eight bathrooms, four at each side of a corridor,
with drains from each bathroom connecting to a drain that ran along the corridor.

Tracking Social Differences: Strategies to find out social differences

1. Studying Burials

 Strategies to analyze social and economic differences amongst people living within a particular
culture include study of burials.
 At burials in Harappan sites the dead were generally laid in pits.
 Some of the pits were lined by bricks.
 Some of the burials contained ornaments, pottery etc, may be a belief that these things can be
used after life.
 In some instances the dead were buried with copper mirrors.
 Jwelleries were found in both men and women burials which mean that both men and women
used ornaments.
 But in general, Harappans never believed in burying precious things with the dead.

2.Studying Artefacts

 Studying artefacts is another strategy to find out social differences.
 Artefacts are divided into utilitarian and luxuries.
 Utilitarian artefacts include objects made of stone or clay. These include querns, pottery,
needles, flesh-rubbers etc. and are usually found distributed throughout settlements.
 Luxury artefacts are rare objects made of valuable materials are generally concentrated in large
settlements like Mohenjodaro and Harappa. For Example, little pots of faience were used as
perfume bottles.

Finding out about craft production

Raw materials required for craft production

 The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful
red colour) jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell,
faience and terracotta or burnt clay.

Methods of making craft by the Harappans

 Sometimes beads were made of two or more stones by cementing together, while some of stone
with gold caps.
 They were made in different shapes such as cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, and segmented.
 Some were decorated by painting and some had designs etched on them.
 They made bangles, ladles out of shells.
 Special tools were used for craft work.
 Specialized drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira.
 Nageshwar and Balakot were specialized centres for making shell objects.
 Chanhudaro was the centre of crafts production. It was specialist in bead-making, shell-cutting,
metal-working, seal-making and weight-making.

Identifying centres of production.

 How centers of production were identified by the archaeologists? Simply by evidences
of tools, raw materials, unfinished objects, rejects, waste materials, etc.

Strategies for procuring materials for craft production

 The Harappans procured materials for craft production in various ways.
 Two methods of procuring materials for craft production
 1. They established settlements in Nageshwar, Balakot and Shortughai.
 2. They might have sent expeditions to areas such as the khetri region of Rajasthan (for copper)
and south India (for gold).
 Nageshwar and Balakot were areas for shell.
 Shortughai, in far-off Afghanistan, was the best source of lapis-lazuli, and Lothal which was near
sources of carnelian, steatite from south Rajasthan and north Gujarat and metal from Rajasthan.
 Expeditions to the khetri region and south India established communication with local
communities.

Contact with distant lands (Trade relation with the world)

 Archaeological finds suggest that the Harappans maintained long distance trade.
 The main source of long distance contacts includes seals, weights, dice and beads.
 Harappans probably had trade contacts with the Oman peninsula.
 Chemical analyses have shown that both the Omani copper and Harappan artefacts have traces of
nickel, which suggests a common origin.
 There are similarities between certain other types of objects found at this site.
 A Harappan jar coated with a thick layer of black clay has been found in Oman.
 Mesopotamian texts refer to contact with regions named Dilmun (probably the island of Bahrain),
Magan and Meluhaha, possibly the Harappan.

Seals and Sealings

 Seals and Sealings were used to facilitate long distance communication.
 When a bag of goods was sent from one place to another, its mouth was tied with a rope.
 On the knot was affixed some wet clay on which one or more seals were pressed, leaving an
impression.
 If the bag reached with its sealing intact, it meant that it had not been tampered with.
 The sealing established the identity of the sender.

Characteristics of Seals and Script

 Harappan seals usually have a line of writing.
 Seal had the name and title of the owner.
 The seal had a motif (generally an animal) which conveyed a meaning to those who could not
read.
 Seals were basically used to convey the identity of the sender and to facilitate long distance
communication.
 The Harappan inscriptions are short.
 The script was not alphabetical and written right to left.
 Many signs were used and they are around 375-400 in numbers.
 The script still remains undeciphered to date.

Weights

 Exchangers were regulated by a precise system of weights usually made of a stone called chert (a
kind of stone, generally cubical with no markings).
 Lower denominations of weights were binary (1, 2,4,8,16,32 etc.), while the higher
denominations followed the decimal system

Ancient Authority

 Different arguments put forwarded by the archaeologists over the central authority of
Harappa
 There are three major views about the existence of a central authority in the Harappan society.
 Some archaeologists are of the opinion that there were no rulers in the Harappan society and that
everybody enjoyed equal status.
 2. Others are of the opinion that there was no single ruler but several rulers.Monenjodaro had a
separate ruler, Harappa had separate and so on.
 3. Some others suggest that there was a single state. This theory was based on the similarity of
artefacts, planned settlements etc.
 The last opinion considers being more plausible as it is doubtful that such complex decisions
were made and implemented collectively by entire communities.

The End of the Civilization

The Evidences that reflected the disappearance of Harappan civilization by 1800 BCE

 By 1800BCE most of the mature Harappan sites were abandoned.
 The expansion of population and its migration took place towards Gujarat, Haryana, Western U.P
etc.
 After 1900B.C.sites which existed marked the transformation of material culture i.e.
disappearance of distinctive artefacts of civilization like weights, seals, distant trade, etc. Writing,
long-distance trade, and craft specialization also disappeared.
 House construction techniques deteriorated and large public structures were no longer produced.
 This indicates a rural way of life named late Harappan

Several explanations for the decline of Harappan civilization

 The reasons responsible for the end of the civilization is still unknown. But probable reasons are;
 Climatic Change
 Deforestation
 Excessive floods
 Over use of the landscape
 The shifting and or drying up of rivers
 Invasion most probably by the Aryans
 Harappan state might have ended because there are evidences of absence of distinctive art
facts like seals, pottery, etc

Discovering the Harappan Civilization

Cunningham and his Confusions

 Cunningham was the first Director General of ASI (Archaeological Survey of India).
 He was known as the father of Indian archaeology.
 He began archaeological excavations in the mid 19 th century.
 His main interest was in the archaeology of early history from 6 th century BCE-4 th century CE,
and later periods.
 He used the accounts left by Chinese pilgrims who had visited the subcontinent between the 4 th
and 7 th centuries CE.
 He also collected, documented and translated inscriptions found during his surveys.
 Site like Harappa did not fit well in his area of investigation.
 Although Harappan artefacts were found during the 19 th century and some of these reached
Cunningham.
 But he did not realize how old these were as they were not part of the itinerary of Chinese
pilgrims and was not known as an Early Historic city.
 An English man gave a Harappan seal to Cunningham.
 But he was unable to place it in the time frame with which he was familiar. He thought that
Indian history began with the first cities in the Ganga valley.
 So, it is assumed that he missed the significance of Harappa.

Different methods adopted by Marshall and Wheeler in reconstructing Harappan civilization

 Daya Ram Sahni and Rakhal Das Banerji found similar seals at Harappa and Mohenjodaro
respectively.
 Based on these finds, in 1924, John Marshall, Director General of the ASI, announced the
discovery of a new civilization in the Indus valley to the world.
 Marshall tended to excavate along regular horizontal units, measured uniformly throughout the
mound, ignoring stratigraphy of the site.
 This meant that all the artefacts recovered from the same unit were grouped together, even if they
were found at different stratigraphic layers.
 As a result, valuable information about the context of these finds was irretrievably lost.
 R.E.M Wheeler rectified this problem. He recognized that it was necessary to follow the
stratigraphy of the mound rather than dig mechanically along uniform horizontal lines.

Problems faced by archaeologists in the interpretation of religious practices of Harappa

 Harappan script is not helpful in understanding the Harappan civilization. The script remains
undeciphered till date.
 Material remains help the archaeologists to reconstruct Harappan life.
 Organic material such as cloth, leather, wood and reeds generally decomposed while stone, burnt
clay, metal etc.survive.Materials such as pottery, tools, ornaments, and house hold objects are
available.
 Recovering artefacts is just the beginning of the archaeological enterprise. Archaeologists then
classify their finds.
 The second, and most complicated, is in terms of function: archaeologists have to decide
whether, for instance, an artifact is a tool or an ornament, or both, or something meant for ritual
use.
 An understanding of the function of an artefact is often shaped by its resemblance with present-
day things-beads, querns, stone blades and pots are obvious examples.
 Archaeologists also try to identify the function of an artefact by investigating the context in which
it was found. Whether it was found in a house, in drain, grave or in kiln.
 The problems of archaeological interpretation are perhaps most evident in attempts to reconstruct
religious practices.
 Attempts have also been made to reconstruct religious beliefs and practices by examining seals,
some of which seem to depict ritual scenes. Others, with plant motifs, are thought to indicate
nature worship.
 Many reconstructions of Harappan religion are made on the assumption that later traditions
provide parallels with earlier ones. This is because archaeologists often move from the known to
the unknown, that is, from the present to the past.

Archaeologist’s attempts to reconstruct the religious practices of Harappan people

 The discovery of pots, querns, beads etc in the Harappan sites and their graves provide enormous
information
 Traces of cotton and dresses depicted on seals and sculptures, give us an idea about the dressing
style of the Harappan people
 The terracotta figurines of women indicate the worship of mother goddess.
 Plant motifs seem to suggest the practice of nature worship.
 The conical stones indicate linga worship
 In Some seals a figure shown seated cross legged in a ‘yogic’ posture, sometimes surrounded by
animals has been regarded as a depiction of proto-Siva that is an early form of one of the major
deities of Hinduism.
 Some animals such as the unicorn depicted on seals seem to be mythical, composite creatures.
 The two important structures that have been found by archaeologists are: The fire altars found at
Kalibangan and Lothal and The Great Bath at Monhenjodaro, something meant for ritual use.

  NCERT SOLUTION

 

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS

1.List the items of food available to people in Harappan cities. Identify the groups who would have provided these.
Ans.
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2.How do archaeologists trace socio-economic differences in Harappan society? What are the differences that they notice? [Delhi, All India 2009, 2011]
Ans. Following examples can be cited to show the existence of social and economic variations : in the Harappan society:
(i)Study of burials is one example. In the Harappan sites, the deads were usually laid in pits. There were differences in the Way burial pits were made. At some instances, the hollowed-out spaces were lined with bricks. But these may not be taken as an indication of social differences.
(ii)In some graves pottery and ornaments have been found. Jewellery has been found from the graves of men and women as well. These findings can point out social and economic differences. ‘
(iii)The artefacts have been classified into two categories, Utilitarian and Luxurious. Objects of daily uses and objects made of ordinary materials made of clay or stone come under utilitarian category. Ordinary articles consisted of querns, pottery, flesh-rubbers and needles. These have been found distributed throughout settlements.
(iv)Objects of luxuries were rare and made from precious, non-local materials. The technology used was advanced and complicated. Little pots of faience were considered precious. They were also not easy to make. These show the existence of social and economic variations in the Harappan society.

3. Would you agree that the drainage system in Harappan cities indicates town planning? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans. Yes, I agree with that the drainage system in Harappan cities which indicates the town planning. I can cite the following reasons in support of my answer.
•The drainage system needed a planning for its execution. It seems that first drainages were laid out and then houses were built along with the drains. Every house was supposed to have at least one wall along a street to allow the domestic waste water to flow out in the street drains. The plans of the lower town show that roads and streets were laid out along an approximate grid pattern, intersecting at right angles.
•It appears that human settlement was made by planning from the beginning. The city was restricted to a fixed area on the platforms.
•Bricks, sundried or baked, were of standard ratio. The length and breadth of bricks were of four times and twice the height respectively These bricks were used at all the settlements of the Harappan Civilisation.

4. List the materials used to make beads in the Harappan Civilisation. Describe the process by which any one kind of bead was made.
Ans. Making beads was an important craft of the Harappan people. It was mainly prevalent in Chanhudaro.
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Materials for making beads included beautiful red coloured stone-like camelian, jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite. Besides these, use of copper, bronze, gold, shell, faience, terracotta or burnt clay was also used.Process of making beads Making of beads differed as per the materials used. Beads had variety*of shapes. They did not make geometrical shapes like one made of harder stones.
Nodules were to be chipped for making rough shapes. They were finally flaked into the final form.
By firing the yellowish raw material, the red colour of camelian was obtained. Grinding, polishing and drilling constituted the last phase. Chanhudaro, Lothal and Dholavira were famous for specialized drilling.

5.Look at figure 1.30 (See NCERT page-26) and describe what you see. How is the body placed? What are the objects placed near it? Are there any artefacts on the body? Do these indicate the sex of the skeleton?
Ans. Following observations can be obtained after looking at the figure:
•Body has been kept in North-south direction in a pit,
•Many graves contain pottery and ornaments which include jar.
•Yes, jewellery like bangles are there on the body.
•Yes, this indicates towards the sex of the skeleton, Le. it is the body of a woman.
It is concluded that there were great social or economic differences among the people living within the area of the Harappan Civilisation. But as a whole it appears that the Harappan did not believe in burying precious things with the dead.

6.Describe some ofthe distinctive features of Mohenjodaro. [Delhi 2013]
Ans. Planned City: Harappa as a planned urban centre. It had two parts. One part of the city was small. It was built on a higher place.
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The second part was comparatively large. It was built on a lower place. The first part was designed as citadel and the second part was as lower town. The citadel owed its height to the fact that it was built on mud brick platforms.It had walls on all sides and these walls were separated from the lower town.The Lower Town: It was also a walled town.Most of the buildings were built on platforms.
In fact, these platforms were considered as foundation stones. It required huge quantity of labour force to build these platforms. It is obvious that settlement was first planned and then implemented as per the building plan.Quality of sun-dried bricks or baked bricks also prove the concept of planning.
All the bricks were of standard ratio. The length and width was four times and twice the height of the bricks respectively. These bricks were used in the settlements of the Harappan Civilisation.
Drainage System: The drainage system was well planned. All the roads and streets were laid out on a grid pattern. They intersected one another at the right angles. It seems that streets featuring drains were laid out first and houses were built thereafter along with them. To make the flow of domestic water, every house had at least one wall along the street.
The Citadel: There were many buildings in the citadel. These buildings were used for many special public purposes. The Warehouse and the Great Bath were the two most important constructions.


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7.List the raw materials required for craft production in the Harappan Civilisation and discuss how these might have been obtained.
Ans. Following is the list of materials required for craft production in the Harappan Civilisation:
Stone, clay, copper, tin, bronze, gold, faience, shell, camelian, jasper, crystal, steatite, quartz, timber.
Some of the raw materials were locally available whereas some were purchased from the distant places. Soil and wood were locally available raw materials. Stones, fine quality wood, metals were procured from distant places.
Settlements of the Harappans were situated at such places where raw materials were easily available. Nageshwar and Balacot were famous for shell. Some places were famous for Lapis Lazuli like Shortughai in Afghanistan. Rajasthan and Gujarat were famous for copper. Lothal was famous for camelian.
Another way of obtaining raw material was sending expeditions to different places.
Evidences show that expedition was sent to Khetri region of Rajasthan for copper and to South India for Gold. Through these expeditions local communities were contacted. Harappan evidences found at these places indicate contacts between each other. Evidences found at Khetri region were given the name of Ganeshwar Jodhpura Culture by archaeologists. Huge reserves of copper products were found here. It is assumed that inhabitants of these area sent copper to Harappan people.

8.Discuss, how archaeologists reconstruct the past.
Ans. Archaeologists excavate the sites of the ancient past related to culture or civilization. They find out the art and craft such as seal, material, remains of houses, buildings, pots, ornaments, tools, coins, weights, measurements and toys, etc.
Skulls, bones, jaws, teeth of the dead bodies and materials kept with these dead bodies are also helpful for archaeologists. With the help of the botanists, and zoologists, archaeologists study the plants and animal bones found at different places.
Archaeologists try to find out the tools used in the process of cultivation and harvesting. They also try to find out traces of wells, canals, tanks, etc. as they served means of irrigation.
Different layers of sites are observed to find out different things. These things give the picture of socio-economic condition such as religious life and the cultural life of the people. .
Tools, unfinished products, waste materials, help in identifying the centres of craft production. Indirect evidences also help the archaeologists in reconstructing the past.
Archaeologists develop frames of references, It can be better understood by this fact that the first Harappan seal that was found could not be understood till archaeologists had a context in which to place it-both in terms of cultural sequence in which it was found and in terms of a comparison with finds in Mesopotamia.
Examination of seals help in constructing the concept of religious belief of the period. Seals depict religious scenes. Some animals such as the one-homed animal, often called the unicorn depicted on the seals appear mythical, composite creatures. In some seals, a figure has been shown sitting crossed legs in a yogic posture. All these represent the religious concept of the period.

9. Discuss the functions that may have been performed by rulers in Harappan society.
Ans. There are different views on the Harappan society. One group of archaeologists suggest that the Harappan society had no rulers and so everybody enjoyed equal status. The other group of archaeologists are of the opinion that there was no single ruler but several ones. The third theory seems the most suitable. It suggests that it is unlikely that entire communities could have collectively made and implemented such complex decisions.
Evidences show that complex decisions were taken and implemented in the Harappan society. Extra ordinary uniformity of Harappan artefacts as evident in pottery, seals, weights and bricks show the complex decisions.
Plans and layouts of the city were prepared under the guidance and supervisions of the rulers. Big buildings, palaces, forts, tanks, wells, canals and granaries were constructed.
Cleanliness was the responsibility of the ruler. Roads, lanes and drains were also constructed.
The rulers also looked after the welfare of the economy. They hsed to inspire the farmers to increase agricultural production. They also motivated the craftsmen to promote different handicrafts. External and internal trade were both promoted by the ruler. The ruler used to issue common acceptable coins or seals, weights and measurements.
Rulers were expected to provide relief during natural calamity. During flood, earthquake, epidemics, the ruler provided grains and other eatables to the affected people. During foreign aggression, the rulers defended the city.

10.On the given map, use a pencil to circle the sites where evidence of agriculture has been recovered. Mark an X against sites where there is evidence of craft production and R against sites where raw materials were found.
Ans. (i)Sites of agriculture: Harappa, Banawali, Kalibangan, Mohenjodaro, Dholavira (Gujarat).
(ii)Sites of craft production: Chanhudaro, Nageshwar, Balakot.
(iii)Sites of raw material: Nageshwar, Balakot, Khetri.
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