THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO USE WHEELED TRANSPORT. THESE WERE
BULLOCK CARTS
IDENTICAL TO THOSE SEEN THROUGHOUT SOUTH ASIA TODAY. HARAPPA WAS A CITY IN THE INDUS CIVILIZATION THAT FLOURISHED AROUND 2600 TO 1700 BCE IN THE WESTERN PART OF SOUTH ASIA.
What was used by Indus Valley people to pull the cart?
The answer is
Oving Horse or Donkey
. Explanation: Oving Horse or Donkey are the most common animals used in the north.
How did the Indus Valley people travel?
Indus Valley traders traveled
on mountains and in forests
. They followed rivers walking along the river bank. They also used boats. Some traders carried goods on their backs.
What technology did the Indus Valley use?
Important innovations of this civilization include
standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin
. Little is understood about the Indus script, and as a result, little is known about the Indus River Valley Civilization’s institutions and systems of governance.
What type of people were the Indus Valley?
These
farmers
lived together in villages which grew over time into large ancient cities, like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. The Indus people needed river water to drink, wash and to irrigate their fields. They may also have used water in religious ceremonies. To the Indus people, their river was ‘The King River’.
What can we learn from Indus Valley artefacts?
What can we learn from burial sites?
Graves
can tell archaeologists a lot. Indus Valley people were buried with clay pots and clay figures, as well as beads. Putting these items in graves may mean that they had a religious belief in an afterlife, in which they could use these belongings again.
Did the Indus Valley invent the wheel?
The earliest wheels were discovered in some parts of Asia and Europe (Eurasia). In the Indus Valley civilization, toy-cart wheels made of clay were
discovered at the archeological sites of Harappa
. In some other archeological sites wooden disks were also discovered from which wheels could be probably developed.
Which Indus city is known as black bangles?
Kalibangan (literally black bangles) is located at Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumāngarh in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. It was one of the main sites of the Indus Valley Civilization and most scholars agree that it was located on the bank of River Saraswati which dried up by 2000 BC.
How many symbols were used in Indus Valley?
In the early 1970s, Iravatham Mahadevan published a corpus and concordance of Indus inscriptions listing 3,700 seals and
417 distinct
signs in specific patterns. He also found that the average inscription contained five symbols and that the longest inscription contained only 26 symbols.
What was invented in the Indus Valley?
There are many important innovations in this civilization. They include
standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin
. They were experts in seal carving and used them for the identification of property and to stamp clay on trade goods.
What are the main features of Indus Valley civilization?
The significant features of Indus Valley civilization are
personal cleanliness, town planning, construction of burnt-brick houses, ceramics, casting, forging of metals, manufacturing of cotton and woolen textiles
. Mohenjo-Daro people had finest bath facilities, drainage system, and knowledge of personal hygiene.
What was the greatest achievement of the Indus Valley civilization?
The greatest achievement of the Indus Valley were
the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
with their impressive, organized and regular layout. The cities were unique in the sense that they showed urban planning employed in ancient times.
Who destroyed the Indus Valley civilization?
Apparently the Indus civillization was likely destroyed by
the Indo-European migrants from Iran, the Aryans
. The cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa were built of fire-baked bricks. Over the centuries the need for wood for brick-making denuded the country side and this may have contributed to the downfall.
What are the two best known Indus Valley cities How were they constructed?
There were two most important urban centers of the Indus Valley Civilization:
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
. These cities were built on the Coast of the Indus River. These cities also grew up at the most important trade routes of that time and were surrounded by rich agricultural lands.
Is the Indus Valley civilization the oldest?
The Indus civilization developed in the 3rd millennium BCE, making it
one of the earliest of the world’s civilizations
, and it lasted into the 2nd millennium BCE.
What was everyday life like in the Indus Valley?
It was
very hot
in the Indus Valley so people spent a lot of time outside. Most people had small homes which were also used as workshops. There was not much space to relax. Richer families had courtyards.
