HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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1, 2 & 3
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1, 2 & 4
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1, 3 & 4
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2, 3 & 4
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Detailed explanation-1: -Identification with the Indus Valley Most scholars suggest that Meluhha was the Sumerian name for the Indus Valley civilisation. Finnish scholars Asko and Simo Parpola identify Meluhha (earlier variant Me-lah-ha) from earlier Sumerian documents with Dravidian mel akam “high abode” or “high country".
Detailed explanation-2: -Trade between Indus Valley and Mesopotamia appears rather skewed in IVC’s favour. IVC exported Gold jewelery, Ivory seals & boxes, Timber, Cotton textiles, Copper & bronze fish-hooks, Carnelian & precious stone beads, Live chicken, Shell & bone inlays, and even Water buffaloes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mesopotamians referred to the Indus Valley as “Meluha". Meluha was the chief city of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The inhabitants exported agricultural and marine products and imported the raw materials such as gemstones and metals, needed for domestic consumption and for supplying the processing industries which sustained a large population.