WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Clothes made of which fabric were used by the Indus people.
A
Cotton
B
Jute
C
Silk
D
Linen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is cotton and wool. The Indus Valley people wore clothes made of cotton and wool.

Detailed explanation-2: -History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the Indus Valley, the ancient known evidence for cotton fibre are threads used to string copper beads in 6000-5500 BCE in Mehrgarh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The men used to wear a loin cloth akin to a dhoti that is still worn by a large number of South Indians and few North Indians, even today. The women wore a type of skirt and wrapped a shawl around their shoulders. Men and women, both rich and poor, wore ornaments.

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