HISTORY
HARRAPAN CIVILIZATION
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Question
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The earth burials with the head of the dead normally laid towards the north
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The burial of commonly used items with the dead
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Both A and B above
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The burial of the dead body in the sitting posture
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Harappans used different kinds of burial systems like extended burials in a pit, secondary burials, urn burials (suggesting cremation) among others. The head of the dead was normally laid towards the North and commonly used items were used as grave goods which were buried along with the dead.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lothal is one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization. Evidence of double burial (burying a male and a female in a single grave) has been found here.
Detailed explanation-3: -A young couple’s grave found in the Rakhigarhi cemetery of the Harappan Civilization-PMC. The .
Detailed explanation-4: -PUNE: Archaeologists from the Deccan College Deemed University in Pune have discovered two skeletons, a young male and a female, buried at the same time in the same grave with the man’s face turned toward the woman. It is the first anthropologically confirmed joint burial of a couple in a Harappan cemetery.