GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Indus seals excavated
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religious beliefs of the Harappans
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tools and implements used by the Harappans
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different types of dwellings excavated
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Detailed explanation-1: -There was a sharp class division at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, This is clear from? A) Indus seal Excavated.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mohenjo-daro has a planned layout with rectilinear buildings arranged on a grid plan. Most were built of fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. The covered area of Mohenjo-daro is estimated at 300 hectares.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mohenjo-daro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north.