Indus Valley Civilization (2900 – 1700 BC) #GKbyMilitaryChoice | Military Choice
Indus Valley Civilization (2900 – 1700 BC)
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Indus valley civilization is older than chalcolithic culture but was far more developed
Marked the beginning of Bronze age civilization
Developments in Indus Valley Civilisation
Citadel / Acropolis at cities for member of ruling class (west side) & brick houses below citadel in town for commoners
Remarkable grid system of roads → Roads cutting at right angle to each other
Large scale use of burnt bricks & total absence of stone buildings
Remarkable underground drainage system connecting all houses & streets covered by bricks / stone slabs
Agriculture technology was well developed (But no use of ploughshare) : Wheat, Rice, Barley, Peas etc. + Domesticated large scale of animals
Cotton was 1st produced by Indus people hence Greeks called it Sindon which is derived from Sindh
Harappan were 1st to produce silver in the world + wore gold, silver & beads Jewellery
Practiced boat making, seal making, Bronze smith, Weavers etc.
Granaries & seals show Harappan carried on considerable trade but only through Barter system
No temples has been found at any of the site hence can be said that it was ruled by merchants not priests
Worshiped Goddess Earth, Pipal Tree, Pashupati Mahadeva & Animals (Bull / Unicorn Rhino)
1st to invent the art of writing – Right to left – (Pictographic only → Not deciphered so far)
Used weights for trade (Mostly in multiple of 16) & Bronze made marked sticks for measurements
Were expert in Potter’s wheel & pottery making
Their greatest artistic creation was ” Seals”
Mostly limestone was used for sculptures.
Theory of Decline of Indus Valley Civilization
Natural Calamities such as floods, Earthquakes etc.
Outbreak of an epidemic
Decline of trade & Invasion of Aryansported in Ashoka’s times from Persia. There is abundant evidence of stone masons mark similar to those at Persepolis (Persia).
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