01. Indus valley civilization (Harappa) belongs to
Copper stone age.
02, Harappa in Sindhi means
Buries City.
03. The ancient city of India, Indus valley civilization,
were found out in
1921
04. The Harappan civilization flourished in India about
4700 years ago
05. The ruins of the cities were found in
Mohenja –daro, chanhu- dara, Kalibangan and Lothal.
06. The most important structure found in the citadel was
The great bath
07. Great bath was built of Klin-fired bricks and
Sealed with a lining of bitumen.
08. Great bath was fed by water from a well and the dirty
water was emptied by a huge
Drain
09. Houses were built in
Grid system
10. Houses which had two rooms, multi stories houses, public
hall, granary and public buildings were built out of
Bricks
11. Houses were
No Window
12. Every house had a
Well and bath room
13. Every houses had a dustbins in
Front of the houses
14. Indus valley cities were
Well planned
15. The northern part of the town was
Narrow and elevated
16. The eastern part of the town was
Broad and elevated
17. Mohenjo-daro in Sindhi means
Mount of dead
18.Houses were built on both the sides of broad streets in
Systemic order
19. The house had
Flat roofs and were many storied
20. The administrative system was
Well organised
21. The drainage system from the houses
Were closed
22. The drainage system ran along the sides of the streets
which were connected to the
Street drainage
23. The drainage system had manholes at
Regular intervals for cleaning
24. Row houses were built for the employers of
Town administration
25. People exported and imported thing of
Metals, precious stones, ornaments, etc.
26. Doll made of
Terracotta
27. Ornaments were made of
Shells, brass, copper, silver and gold.
28. Weapons, household articles and tools were made up of
Copper and bronze
29. Gold and silver were used to make
Ornaments
30. Weights were made out of a king of
Stone
31. The pictographic writings discovered and the script had
not been
Deciphered
32. Hundreds of rectangular
Terracotta seals were discovered
33. The pictographic writings are related with the
Ancient Tamil writings
34. Indus valley people’s main occupation was
Agriculture
35. Indus valley people’s cultivated
Wheat and barley
36. Indus valley people’s wore
Cotton and woollen dresses
37. Indus valley man wore a garment to the ‘dhoti’ ad
lower garment and a ‘shawl’ as upper garment
38. Indus valley people’s stored the surplus grains in the
Granary
39. Indus valley people used gold, silver, ivory and
precious stones as
Ornaments
40. Indus valley poor people wore ornaments made out of
Shells and copper
41. The figures of birds, animals, images of male and female
bullock cart driven by man, pots and bowls were discovered
42 The statue of dancing girl mage out of Bronze found in
Mohenjodaro
43. Statue of a man with beard made out of lime stone were
discovered
44. The Indus valley people worshipped
Lord Siva represented as
Pasupathi, mother goddess,
lingam, Trident and trees.
45. The causes for the decline of
the town were due to
Sudden fire, rivaloy of civil
war, natural calamities like change of course of river indus, attack of Aryans,
invasion of foreigners
46. The heap of bones discovered in
Mohenjodaro is evidence of the invasion of the
Foreigners
