{"id":1735,"date":"2016-09-10T16:44:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.punjabexamportal.com\/11052024\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2016-09-10T18:24:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T18:24:01","slug":"indus-valley-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.punjabexamportal.com\/11052024\/2016\/09\/10\/indus-valley-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Indus Valley civilization (Important Questions)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>John Marshall was the first scholar to use the term, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIndus Civilization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/li>\n<li><em>Dayaram Sahni first discover Harappa<\/em> in 1921<\/li>\n<li><em>RD Bannerjee Discovered Mohenjodaro<\/em> in 1922<\/li>\n<li>The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization thriving along the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River which is presently known as Pakistan and north-western India.<\/li>\n<li>According to radio-carbon dating, it spread from the year <em>2500 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 1750 BC.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Port cities &#8211; <em>Lothal, Sutkagendor, Allahdino, Balakot, Kuntasi.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The Indus-Valley people were well-acquainted with the use both of cotton and wool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First urbanization in India.<\/li>\n<li>Town planning<\/li>\n<li>Grid pattern<\/li>\n<li>Drainage system<\/li>\n<li>Equality in society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Major Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mohenjodaro (Sind) is situated on the right bank of the Indus.<\/li>\n<li>Chanhudaro lies on the left bank of the Indus about 130 km south of Mohenjodaro.<\/li>\n<li>Kalibangan (Rajasthan) was on the banks of the river Ghaggar which dried up centuries ago.<\/li>\n<li>Lothal is at the head of the Gulf of Cambay.<\/li>\n<li>Banawali (Haryana) was situated on the banks of the now extinct Sarasvati<\/li>\n<li>Surkotada (Gujarat) is at the head of the Rann of Kutch.<\/li>\n<li>Dholavira (Gujarat) excavated is in the Kutch district<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important Pre-historic Excavations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Mohenjodaro &#8211; <em>Great Grainery, Pashupati Shiva Seal, Bronze statue of dancing girl<\/em><\/li>\n<li>From Harappa  &#8211; <em>Graveyard<\/em><\/li>\n<li>From Lothal &#8211; <em>Rice Evidence, Dockyard, Fire altars<\/em><\/li>\n<li>From Surkotada &#8211; <em>Horse Seal<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Economic Life:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Based on agriculture\n<li>Barter system was there, 16 was the unit of measurment\n<li>Harappan seal (made of steatite, had design on one side) and other material has been found at Mesopotamia\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Religious Life:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mother goddess \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Matridevi or Shakti<\/li>\n<li>Sex organ (Yoni) worship.<\/li>\n<li>Pashupati Mahadeva \u00e2\u20ac\u201c lord of Animals<\/li>\n<li>Yogic position structure.<\/li>\n<li>Nature worship.<\/li>\n<li>Animal worship \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Unicorn, ox.<\/li>\n<li>Tree worship \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Peepal.<\/li>\n<li>Fire worship- Havan Kund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Script<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Script is pictographic, not deciphered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some Important Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Question<\/th>\n<th>Answer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>What were the main characteristics of the Indus Valley Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Town Planning and Drainage System.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>To which age the Indus Valley Civilization belongs?<\/th>\n<td><em>Neolithic Age<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which metals were mostly used to make the tools and weapons of Harappan Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Copper and bronze.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>What are the main sources of our knowledge about the Indus Valley Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Archaelogical excavations.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>At which Harappan site traces of a horse have been found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Surkotda.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which metal was not known to the Harappan people?<\/th>\n<td><em>Iron<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>What was the main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Trade.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which culture the earliest evidence of silver in India is found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Harappan culture.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>By which evidence the Indus Valley Civilization is known as pre-Aryan Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Script.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>At which places in Indus Valley Civilization rice husks have been found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal and Rangpur.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>At which place in Harappan Civilization a beared man in steatite has been found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Mohanjodaro.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which town of Indus Valley Civilization was flooded and destroyed more than seven times?<\/th>\n<td><em>Mohanjodaro.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which soil was used to make bricks in Indus Valley Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>Alluvial soil<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which civilization the cotton was cultivated first?<\/th>\n<td><em>Indus Valley Civilization.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>From which place the Indus people used to import Amethyst&#8217;?<\/th>\n<td><em>Maharashtra.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>At which place in Indus Valley Civilization the evidence of chess and a measuring scale have been found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which town in Indus Valley Civilization had no citadel?<\/th>\n<td><em>Chanhudaro<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Besides Chanhudaro which city of the Indus Valley Civilization was associated with bead-makers shops?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Has any evidence of a worshiping place in Indus Valley Civilization been found or not?<\/th>\n<td><em>No evidence of any worshiping place has been found<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which town of the Indus Valley Civilization literally means &#8220;Mound of the dead?&#8221;<\/th>\n<td><em>Mohanjodaro.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>With which countries Indus people had trade relations?<\/th>\n<td><em>Sumeria (Mesopotamia), Babylon, Egypt, etc.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In Harappa how many granaries have been found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Six granaries.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>By whom and when Harappa was excavated?<\/th>\n<td><em>Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, in 1921<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which was the most famous building in Harappa?<\/th>\n<td><em>The Granary.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which harappan city the H-cemetry of alien people was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Harappa.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which was the most famous building in Mohanjodaro?<\/th>\n<td><em>The great bath room<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which was the biggest building in Mohanjodaro?<\/th>\n<td><em>The granary.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which Harappan city a piece of the cotton fabric was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Mohanjodaro.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which Harappan City a bronze dancing girl was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Mohanjodaro.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which year and by whom the Harappan city Chanhudaro was excavated?<\/th>\n<td><em>In 1931, by M. G. Majumdar.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Where the Harappan city Chanhudaro was situated ?<\/th>\n<td><em>In Sindh now in Pakistan.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>For what chanhudaro was famous?<\/th>\n<td><em>Bead making shop.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>When and by whom the lothal was excavated?<\/th>\n<td><em>In 1957, by S. R. Rao and M. S. Vats.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which of the Harappan city remains of a dockyard was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which of the Harappan city rice husks were found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal and Rangpur.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which of the Harappan city a measuring scale was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Lothal.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>On the bank of which river Kalibanga was situated?<\/th>\n<td><em>Ghagar.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which Harappan city evidence of bangles was found?<\/th>\n<td><em>Kalibanga,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Which materials were used in making buildings in Harappan culture?<\/th>\n<td><em>Terracotta.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>How many seals have been found in Harappa Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>2000 approx.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>To which age Harappan culture belongs?<\/th>\n<td><em>Bronze Age.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>For which region in Harappan culture &#8216;Meluha&#8217; was used?<\/th>\n<td><em>Indus Region,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In which civilization UR was used for a place?<\/th>\n<td><em>Mesopotamia.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>For which region Dilman was used for a place?<\/th>\n<td><em>Island of Bahrain.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>From which places silver was imported to Indus cities?<\/th>\n<td><em>Food-grains and cotton.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Silver were imported to Indus cities from which places?<\/th>\n<td><em>Afghanistan and Iran.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>From which places copper was imported?<\/th>\n<td><em>South India and Baluchistan?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>From which place Lapiz-Lazuli was imported?<\/th>\n<td><em>Badakhshan.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>From where Turquoise was imported to Indus valley?<\/th>\n<td><em>From Iran.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>How many Pictographs were found in Indus Valley Civilization?<\/th>\n<td><em>250 to 400<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Marshall was the first scholar to use the term, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIndus Civilization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. 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