How do you think the mountains and waters of India influenced the development of its civilization? The mountains were very helpful to protecting India. The Himalayas were like a wall. The Himalayas were very slippery and have glacier peaks.
Q. How did the Himalayan mountains help development of the Indus River Valley Civilization?
These mountain ranges also provided important timber, animal products, and minerals, gold, silver, tin and semiprecious stones that were traded throughout the Indus Valley.
Q. What did the Himalayas protected early civilizations from?
The Himalayas protected early civilizations from most invaders. Explain the type of plumbing the Harrapans had and why it was so important. They had indoor plumbing, which allowed for more sanitary conditions. It pulled the waste away from the house, rather than being poured on the street.
Q. What were 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. 3. Mohenjo-Daro people had finest bath facilities, drainage system, and knowledge of personal hygiene. 4.
Q. What led to the end of Indus Valley civilization?
Many scholars believe that the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization was caused by climate change. By 1800 BCE, the Indus Valley climate grew cooler and drier, and a tectonic event may have diverted or disrupted river systems, which were the lifelines of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Q. What is the most important feature of civilization?
A civilization is a complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a number of common elements. Historians have identified the basic characteristics of civilizations. Six of the most important characteristics are: cities, government, religion, social structure, writing and art.
Q. What was the most important feature of Harappan civilization?
The main towns of Indus valley civilization were Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Kalibangan, Lothal. 2. 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.
Q. What were the main features of Harappa?
i) Each city was divided into two parts-the raised area called the ‘Citadel’ and the ‘lower town. ‘ ii) The main streets followed a grid pattern running from north to south or from east to west. iii) The houses at street corners were rounded to allow carts to pass easily.
Q. Who did Harappans worship?
It was widely suggested that the Harappan people worshipped a Mother goddess symbolizing fertility. A few Indus valley seals displayed swastika sign which were there in many religions, especially in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
Q. What is the importance of Harappa?
Harappan civilization forms an important landmark in the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent. The civilization offers an excellent example to the modern world in various ways. Their expertise in town planning, water management and harvesting systems as well as drainage mechanism is unparalleled.
Q. What are the important lessons that we can still learn from the Indus Valley civilization?
What do artefacts tell us about religion?
- Pictures on seals and other artefacts show what look like figures of gods. But we don’t know what the Indus people called them.
- One looks like a mother goddess.
- Plants, trees and animals were probably important to Indus people.
- Hinduism also places importance on ritual bathing.
Q. What religion did the Harappans follow?
The Indus Valley religion is polytheistic and is made up of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. There are many seals to support the evidence of the Indus Valley Gods. Some seals show animals which resemble the two gods, Shiva and Rudra.
Q. Did Harappans worship Shiva?
I can say that Harappans were not the Hindus. Though they worshiped lord Shiva, but Shiva has not been considered to be only a God of Hindus. Indus Valley Civilization was the first civilization and hence there was no such thing like religion at that time….Answers.
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Q. What language did the Harappans speak?
Proto-Dravidian
Q. Where did the Harappans come from?
The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley. Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were located in present-day Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively. Its extent reached as far south as the Gulf of Khambhat and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.
Q. What was found in Harappa?
The Harappa site was first briefly excavated by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1872-73, two decades after brick robbers carried off the visible remains of the city. He found an Indus seal of unknown origin. The first extensive excavations at Harappa were started by Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni in 1920.
