WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The cities in the Indus Valley were very organized. Mohenjo-Daro and Harapa were rectangular in shape and built with blocks divided by a grid of straight streets, running North to South and East to West. Many of the cities and small villages in the civilization share this similar layout.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two great cities named Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were first identified in 1921. These two excavated cities were first inhabited by people in 2600 BCE, and they flourished along the valley of the Indus River. These two cities consisted of more than 100 villages and towns.

Detailed explanation-3: -These cities include Harappa, Ganeriwala, and Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan and Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Rupar, and Lothal in modern-day India. In total, more than 1, 052 cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the general region of the Indus River and its tributaries.

Detailed explanation-4: -These cities include Harappa, Ganeriwala, and Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan, and Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Rupar, and Lothal in modern-day India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were the largest of them. This civilization depended on farmland nourished by the River Indus. The Indus farmers knew how to control the annual flooding of the river and divert water to irrigate their crops.