WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the following were examples of Indus River Valley Civilization’s technology EXCEPT:
A
Plumbing
B
Potter’s wheel
C
Public baths
D
Public Wells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Important innovations of this civilization include standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is hard to underestimate the importance of the wheel to ancient Indus civilization. All indications are that it was an indigenous development, pursued in flat agricultural areas, and probably preceded that other great wheel-pardon the pun-of change, the potter’s wheel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indus valley civilization was technically very much developed and possessed good knowledge of metallurgy and used standardized burnt bricks, accurate weights, and cotton. There was a standardized system of weights and measurements along with calibration in multiple subdivisions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The artists and craftsmen of the Indus Valley were extremely skilled in a variety of crafts-metal casting, stone carving, making and painting pottery and making terracotta images using simplified motifs of animals, plants and birds.

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