HISTORY
HARRAPAN CIVILIZATION
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Question
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Which one among the following is not the characteristic feature of the Harappan settlement?
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Doorways and windows generally faced the side lanes and rarely opened onto the main streets
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Houses generally had separate bathing areas and toilets
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The citadel was walled but the lower town was not walled
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Drains and water chutes from the second storey were often built inside the wall
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Harappan towns are not known for having drains built inside walls of houses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Usually the houses built in the Harappan Civilization were one or two storeys high. Around the courtyard, the rooms were constructed. For water supply, houses had wells. Majority of the houses had separate bathing areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is single-storey house made of mud and straw. People of the Indus valley civilization built terraced houses of burnt bricks. Houses were not made of mud and straw.
Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. Harappan Culture didn’t mark the earliest known use of iron as a medium for the art of sculpting.
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